[PLUG] Financial security on the net

[wes]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. <wevl at pacifier.com>wrote:

> 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
>
>
did they mention how/why?

-wes