Re: The end of Phishing in sight?

[Dave Dittrich <dittrich () u washington edu>]

> Bank Web sites are expected to adopt some form of "two-factor"
> authentication by the end of 2006, regulators with the Federal
> Financial Institutions Examination Council said in a letter to banks
> last week.
> ...
> Other types of two-factor authentication include costlier hardware
> involving biometrics or "smart" cards that would be inserted into
> designated readers on a user's computer.

So I guess that means now we'll have to carry a second key chain with a
bunch of incompatible securid-like devices, USB fobs, and "smart"
cards that are only smart enough to work with one vendor's system?
I'm guessing this is going to be a slightly painful transition...

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