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| Unnamed bank - wild animal security avatar by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/15/2020, 2:38pm PDT | ||||
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| The bank in question invented a process where you picked a security avatar. If I remember right, it was one of a few dozen wild animals. You couldn't upload your own, mind you, there was a set and it wasn't infinite.
The deal was, after you picked it, it would show up as part of your logon process forever. You would always be able to see a genuine logon screen for the bank because after you put your username in and clicked next, the picture of the moose would show up. This was stupid for two reasons: 1. You're telling your customers that this picture will always be there. The feature as a whole is moronic and poorly thought out, but the entire premise is that if we ever see a logon screen without it, we should run far away and not put our password in. 2. They are tying themselves to a logon process "forever" where you input the username, click next, they retrieve the avatar and display it, and after that you put your password in. They would never be able to support username and password in the same box ever again. This bank could be around for another hundred years! What folly! Of course, what happened was they just stopped putting the avatars up, they changed their website's logon process to allow for username and password to be entered at the same time and just sort of hoped nobody would remember this really stupid attempt at "security" through the eyes of a first grader. (The avatar thing lasted around 3 years.) |
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Mankind's ability to screw up a logon screen is limitless. A thread. by 06/15/2020, 9:02am PDT  Unnamed bank - wild animal security avatar by 06/15/2020, 2:38pm PDT Bank of America and the problem with that by 06/15/2020, 4:45pm PDT I actually like the idea of the website validating itself, but it won't happen by 07/02/2020, 10:15pm PDT Mortgage website by 07/02/2020, 6:31am PDT Re: Mortgage website by 07/02/2020, 11:25am PDT Webshits can't understand input validation, which was solved by 2005. NT by 07/02/2020, 4:04pm PDT Why would anyone conceal the MFA code in your login screen? by 07/09/2020, 8:32am PDT Re: Why would anyone conceal the MFA code in your login screen? by 07/09/2020, 9:12am PDT I am Hackerman. NT by 07/21/2020, 2:09pm PDT Windows 10 login pin by 07/26/2020, 8:19am PDT If you don't want logins on your win 10 home PC, unplug the internet. Seriously. by 07/26/2020, 8:33am PDT Heed MMs Hacker Tip of the Day by 07/26/2020, 9:59am PDT |
