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First Direct 'Secure Keys'

Oh man.. this is gonna be a rant - interested in opinions. imho this is crying out for a news story.

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So.. First Direct have now changed the way you log on for internet banking.

old way:

- combination of answer to common question (low security, easily phished). i.e. what was the name of your school (oh - lets have a look of facebook, etc)

- entering 3 character of your password (pretty high security providing proper password naming rules applied)

new way:

- you MUST use a secure key (either physical one or one on your phone - which they call an 'electronic secure key as if the other one isn't electronic..)

- same answer to common quesiton required

- enter secure key code

thats it - you are now in and can steal all my money.

Now, whenever I have used secureID type keys before they are an additional level of security - I still need my regular password as well - e.g. VPN use for company, etc, etc.

Here, they have TAKEN AWAY the password !!!

so lose yer phone (or physyical key) and thief simply needs to guess (or easily find on the phone or social media) your answer to common question, and they are in.

Ubuntu openssl generate aes key. WTF!!!

The only person this seems to protect is First Direct! - what ? you got all your money stolen ? Did you lose your phone (yes), did you tell us immediately (no.. I didnn't realise it was lost/stolen till next day). well that's not our problem is it - you've been careless, tough shit.

What they CAN say, is that without the secure key its less likely someone can get into your account - but with proper password security this was unlikely anyway.

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they are just covering their arse, and giving the end user a far less secure service that before.

So, for me, thats the end of internet banking. I can still do some stuff without a secure key and will just have to call them when I want to do other things.

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this is typical of banks (the verified by visa shite is another example of 'implementing a system which adds FA extra security but covers the banks arse)