[PLUG] Financial security on the net

[Wayne E. Van Loon Sr.]

Fred James wrote:
> John Jason Jordan wrote:
> (omissions for brevity)
>   
>> ... assume you are talking to an
>> idiot.
>>   
>>     
> John Jason Jordan
> No, I shan't assume that ... the usual cautions about eBay and PayPal 
> apply, of course ... they have proved over the years to be somewhat 
> infested, as one might expect from any such open bazaar.
>
> However, the real core of my advice is to (if you don't already) get 
> into online banking,
Some experts advise exactly the opposite.
Last week, the PBS Newshour did a series of reports from DEF CON 18. 
Some of the "experts" interviewed outright stated that online banking 
was a huge financial security risk.

Your mileage may vary.

Wayne