[e-gold-list] Re: Security measures

[James M. Ray]

Adam Selene wrote:
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> E-Gold would improve their security by not taking you to the screen that 
> asks for the AccSent PIN, but instead including an HTTPS url in the 
> AccSent email and having you click that instead. Although phishers may 
> then send AccSent-fake emails in attempt to drive traffic to their site.

If e-gold ever trained users to click links, it would be "very-bad 
juju," IMO.

I sincerely doubt they'd do this, although I'd be the first to agree 
AccSent
can be annoying and is imperfect in the ways already detailed here. 


> Including the IP address, reverse DNS and estimated geographic location 
> of IP address (via GeoBytes or similar) in the AccSent email would also 
> be an improvement.

Now *this* is a good idea! Very interesting.

> AccSent URL via Instant Messaging would still be very cool, given the 
> EGold IM client would be on your buddy list and most people (or I do 
> anyway) block communication from anyway not on the buddy list.

Also a good idea, IMO.
JMR

> I'll have to look more at Pecunix again.
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