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Re: Bank security
From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:52:05 +0100 (BST)
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Peter Evans wrote:
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:28:31AM -0700, Tomas L. Byrnes wrote:Well, if they used PKI, that would be true (that the e-mail could be authenticated whereas the fax cannot).Apparently, anyone can send an fax, but if an email has me in the from-line, that proves it came from me. And this is a bank. And we wonder why there's fraud ...We have to try this. Where do I send email to tell them that Dr Solly has moved to Japan? (Or Dr Solly could do that himself, I mean, he should be able to afford a house in Tokyo as long as he avoids the insanely expensive bits like azabu-juuban, shoto, and anywhere the ex-pat scum live in large herds.) If it works, the press can have a field day ^^;
Would the media really be that interested in my emigration to Japan? _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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