On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 02:01:36AM -0500, Mike Miller wrote: >> Related: Passwords for Wells Fargo's Online Banking aren't case >> sensitive. UGH! > > My first thought is that they are crazy, but then I think maybe they > found out that with case sensitivity they get so many calls to the help > line and so many password resets that it's just safer to turn off case > sensitivity. People either leave on caps lock or they remember a word and > forget what they used for case. Not only Wells Fargo. There are some other banks and brokers and credit cards that have the same feature. (Spoken from direct observation, I have no insider knowledge into their security protocols). Cheers, florin -- Don't question authority! They don't know either. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20111026/7d68d5fd/attachment.pgp>