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yourdomain.useless

The Community May 22nd, 2007 Comments

Interesting opinion on a proposed .bank TLD.
Short story, a top level domain (.bank) would give banks and customers a more secure means of online banking, forcing verification of physical addresses and tying the ownership of the domain back to an actual charter (ok, the process is still up in the air… but that’s the gist [...]

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E-Mail Encryption

The Community May 18th, 2007 Comments

Most banks in America have one serious problem. Customer information flows in and out of the bank in clear text e-mails. Millions of dollars a year are spent to properly protect and destroy documents, protect networks from threats and vulnerabilities. But what does all of this matter if customers and bank employees [...]

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Verify Me.

The Community May 9th, 2007 Comments

“My voice is my passport, verify me.” Quick, name the movie that’s from…. That phrase was used as a voice identification password in a movie a few years back, and it’s stuck with me. Passwords are interesting things in and of themselves, we rely on them so much for our digital lives [...]

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Don’t Say, "It’ll Never Happen to Me"

The Community May 7th, 2007 Comments

I never thought I would have my identity stolen…..but you should know a little about me first. I shred all the credit card applications I get immediately. I keep all my sensitive documents stored in a locked box at home. I secure all online password and monetary transactions through a secure VPN [...]

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