RE: bankone/chase non-scam

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Larry Seltzer wrote:

> > > I would tell Aunty Gi, not to access her accounts online. 
>
> Really, you think it's that bad? I think the benefits of online banking
> are so enormous that it's hard to blow it off like that.

Yes, I think it's that bad. Until someone develops the Mark II bank that 
can make this stuff secure, or the Mark II user who can avoid falling for 
phishes, keystroke loggers and other scams, I don't see how online banking 
is such a good idea. 
 
> If you were to tell Aunty Gi to ignore *all* mail purportedly from the
> bank, without exception, I doubt she would be in trouble with respect to
> online banking. The only real e-mails I've ever gotten from Bank of
> America have been informative, not critical.

If "informative" means "I can ignore them because they aren't very
important", then ignoring them isn't going to matter much. But the problem
is, a stream of emails from your bank, gets you accustomed to
communicating with your bank via email.


 
I'll quote Paul Vixie's recent email:

"does this help you at all in understanding why banks should not use
e-mail to talk to customers?"

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