On Saturday, 14 May 2022 14:43:08 EDT Brian wrote: > On Sat 14 May 2022 at 15:21:06 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 12:42:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: > [...] > > > > Let me introduce you to my bank: they reduced the maximum 20 chars > > > to 16 and did not allow some special chars such as "!" and ".". > > > Mind you, I feel much more secure - 3FA is used :). > > > > Three? Why not go all the way to 5FA [1]? > > > > Cheers > > > > [1] https://boingboing.net/2005/09/14/gillettes-5blade-raz.html > > > > (not linking to the original Onion because their Javascript > > doesn't want to play with me) > > I have just realised that PayPal does 5FA. It meets the Gillete > standard. Or should that be the MAD standard? Our capacity to > put up with sysadmin (management?) nonsense is unlimited. > > -- > Brian. > No, it is not unlimited, Brian. Business sites in particular often have a 20+ char pw for me, and if, after I set a 20+ char pw, I have to trim the end of it to make it work again, they get a nastygram. My bank, about 2 years ago did some minor revamping and wound at an 8 char limit. They not only thanked me for the nastygram, and advised me that it had been raised to 32. I am a big enough depositor they don't want to upset me.
The nagging thing about using FF is that it drops to a secret question and a 6 digit OTP response I've 5 minutes to respond to. And I can't set kmail to refresh the local imap image any faster than 5 minutes... Take care, and stay well, Brian. 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, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis
