It gets better! They just called me back:
http://timtrent.blogspot.com/2007/03/sainsburys-bank-security-saga-continues
.html
http://tinyurl.com/yo4wy6
The "lie" was suggested by their very own representative.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roland Perry
Sent: 22 March 2007 13:08
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [data-protection] The Security aspects of Privacy
In message <009801c76c72$2518ead0$40a98f56@Nick>, at 11:06:30 on Thu, 22 Mar
2007, Nick Landau <[log in to unmask]> writes
>The result is that I have now chosen a password that is more memorable
>but would also be possibly more easy for others to guess. So defeating
>the object of the password and making it less secure.
>
>There should therefore be an option not to have a password and just
>simply answer the scrutinising questions.
The problem with questions is that you either have to answer them
truthfully, or lie.
If you lie, you have to remember which different lie you gave to which
different site. eg "Hmm, what did I tell Barclays that my favourite colour
was".
If you tell the truth, then if the answers "leak", it will prejudice the
security of your subscription to other sites. Especially if the questions
are boring and pre-determined, like "mothers maiden name" or "DOB". (So many
organisations will have asked us these same questions, that it becomes less
and less of a secret every day).
--
Roland Perry
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