Comments on: Bank Security? http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/08/26/bank-security/ Challenging the Zeitgeist Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:20:34 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: TW http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/08/26/bank-security/comment-page-1/#comment-13676 TW Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:39:04 +0000 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/?p=1772#comment-13676 Having a picture is a good idea - if the shop assistant looks at it. With most chip and pin installations, the card reader is between the assistant and the customer, allowing the customer to insert the card without any intervention by the shop staff. This undermines any value provided by the photo. If, however, we still relied on signatures having your photograph would be excellent. Online shopping remains a problem, but I dont see how carrying a card-reader around with you solves that, it just makes it harder to shop online. Having a picture is a good idea – if the shop assistant looks at it. With most chip and pin installations, the card reader is between the assistant and the customer, allowing the customer to insert the card without any intervention by the shop staff. This undermines any value provided by the photo.

If, however, we still relied on signatures having your photograph would be excellent.

Online shopping remains a problem, but I dont see how carrying a card-reader around with you solves that, it just makes it harder to shop online.

]]> By: K http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/08/26/bank-security/comment-page-1/#comment-13674 K Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:18:55 +0000 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/?p=1772#comment-13674 I use my debit card for most transactions, and my card has my picture *on* it. Pretty hard to fudge that one. Course, that doesn't protect me online, but that's not what we're talking about here. I use my debit card for most transactions, and my card has my picture *on* it. Pretty hard to fudge that one. Course, that doesn’t protect me online, but that’s not what we’re talking about here.

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