http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/07/the-down-side-of-strong-authentication.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/07/the-down-side-of-strong-authentication.html/comment-page-1#comment-2430 Phill Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:51:01 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=1857#comment-2430 The adage bad security is worse than no security comes to mind. The adage bad security is worse than no security comes to mind.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/07/the-down-side-of-strong-authentication.html/comment-page-1#comment-2429 Chris Adams Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:06:40 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=1857#comment-2429 This already happened in the UK with ATM fraud - the banks successfully shifted fraud damage over to account holders by claiming that their systems were infalliable. The threat of successful litigation made them change the rules in 1993: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/21/phantoms_and_rogues/" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/21/phantoms_and_rogues/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/21/phantoms_and_rogues/</a></a> <a href="http://www.phantomwithdrawals.com/" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.phantomwithdrawals.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.phantomwithdrawals.com/</a></a> This already happened in the UK with ATM fraud – the banks successfully shifted fraud damage over to account holders by claiming that their systems were infalliable. The threat of successful litigation made them change the rules in 1993:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/21/phantoms_and_rogues/
http://www.phantomwithdrawals.com/

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