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The other security problem

The other security problem

Posted Apr 25, 2003 13:17 UTC (Fri) by beejaybee (guest, #1581)
Parent article: The other security problem

The other side to this is, my credit card company sent with my last statement a leaflet stating that, in future, I might have to give away the "security information" associated with my account in order to identify myself at a retail outlet - as a _safeguard_ against fraud. The fact that most fraud occurs through retail outlet staff and it is presumably to them I will be making the disclosure does not seem to have occurred to the idiots in charge of "security" at a major UK bank.

Pass me a couple of aspirins, please.


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