[e-gold-list] RE: two factor cracked - VNUNet.com

[Viking Coder]

> Such things would continue happening until a hardware isolated solution
> will be developed.

There is absolutely no amount of security (provider-based, user-level
hardware, etc...) that can overcome the user's willingness to hand
over access to a social engineering con artist.


> will provide users with authentication on each action they want to make

The user will jump through all of these additional hoops, verify the
authentication and click "confirm". The con artist will walk away with
the money, or the requested action completed, laughing all the way.


> If it will catch on, one day it will run on dedicated device, that is,
> with hardware code protection.

Will it determine whether the user is being a gullible mark or is
processing a legitimate transaction?


> This way, even with a gun pointed at one's head [...]

Why use a gun when it is easier to just ask?


Viking Coder
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