On Thursday 11 July 2019 08:46:48 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 07:26:00AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Brad Rogers writes: > > > Except that the worst offenders are commercial entities such > > > google, ebay(1), all banks, amazon, etc, etc. ad nauseam. *None* > > > of them are going to remove HTML and/or CSS from their emails > > > until something 'better'(2) comes along. > > > > Some banks have found something "better". Their emails contain a > > link which automatically opens a page on their site in your browser > > (they assume that everyone reads email in a browser, of course). > > They claim this is more secure. > > Horrifying. > > [...] > > > There is no point in complaining. 99% of users object to anything > > *but* html mail. Most don't know that anything else exists. > > For me, that would be a reason to change the bank. > And you would be amazed at the leverage a 5 digit account gives the disgruntled customer. Do some shopping around, and don't be afraid to vote with your wallet.
> My bank offers a standardized protocol based on public key > cryptography. I can initiate a transaction (or fetch records) with a > simple shell script. > > No browser involved. > > Cheers > -- t Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
