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1. frostquake
   Moderator

   So here we are, just in April, and the world continues to fall apart at the seams, as every stitch is pulled by people looking for vulnerabilities in the system!

   CREDIT CARDS: You would think that after the HUGE PSN scandal, other companies would rush to BEEF up their own security, but no, the "It will happen to them and never us" is still business as usual! Lately My wife had her Account locked because, a company known as Global Payments Inc., got hacked and lost information, and she happen to be one of them. So here we are again, deleting accounts, reassigning passwords, waiting for a new card to be sent in the, oh so safe<----Not, US Postal System!

   It is time for a REVAMP of the Credit Card Industry! Many are calling for Biometrics, and I see that is where we are heading, but of course your religious groups are calling the end of times, if we even talk about Biometrics, "Mark of The Beast", and all that Junk!

   Would you be willing to place your Thumb on a scanner on a Laptop, Phone, or even Gaming Console? Would you be willing to scan your thumb on your PS5 or Xbox 1440, to access and play on your account?

   Stay Frosty my Friends

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. OlderGamer
   Moderator

   First lemme say that I am sorry to hear about your wife having her Credit Card info hacked. I hope you folks don't face even worse down the road in terms of ID theft as a result of it.

   And secondly, I think your right, I think that biometrics is going to be a big part of the future. Prolyy in a remote style way tho. For example, I play World of Warcraft right now, and at home I have an authenticator. It is a litl keychain style thing with a button and a screen. When I log into the game, a box pops up(after I enter my password) asking me for a number. I then press the button on that authenticator and a number is displayed on its screen. I then enter that number into WoWs box. Then the game launches. The whole process is timed. If the time runs out or the number is wrong, the game won't load.

   I think that may well be one type of security for things down the road. Imagine everything requiring a code like that? And imagine that the only way your getting a code is if your thumb print activates it on a device like the one I currently use for WoW.

   If one company could sell tech like this and have enough bigger companies get opn board with the tech/process it could work. I don't think it is feesable or cost effective for every little biz that we interact with each day to have their own system in place. I still come across bizz places now that don't accept credit cards as payment, because of the cost of accepting them. But a universale security apraoch might help reduce some of that cost.

   The thing that troubles me is the enevitable slider of choice between security and freedom. Because as a famous quote likes to go,"When you give up a little freedom for a little security, you desurve neither, and will lose both"

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. OrbitMonkey
   Member

   Doesn't matter what hoops we as consumers have to jump through, if the security of those handling that info is compromised...

   "What do you mean I need a new thumb!?"

   "Sorry sir our accounts were hacked and you now need to change your details"

   "But it's my thumb!!"

   ;-)

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. G1GAHURTZ
   Member

   Anything made from 0s and 1s can be manipulated.

   Hardware dongles, authenticators, fingerprints...

   It's a simple case of getting into the code and telling it that the security check was successful.

   The only real way forward I can see is to take all hardware away from everybody, other than a display, but even cloud computing isn't safe.

   Until someone comes up with some sort of mass produced, biological computer technology that thinks for itself (which is obviously impossible), the actual reality is that there's nothing we can do to stop hackers.

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. Noodlemanny
   Member

   I would just like to say at this point that biometrics are far from reliable right now. It looks for 'key points' on the finger print or eye (/whatever) and maps them out then compares them to whatever its supposed to be. If its like over 70 or 80 percent 'correct' then the unlock is successful. Its too easy to trick it or correctly imitate, it can also quite easily misread.
   But of course if we were all to seriously start using biometrics then its reliability and capabilities would rocket as companies invested into further research. If the public wants it it'll keep getting better.
   All I'm saying is that biometrics are far from a sure bet right now but having said that it could be more secure in the future.

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. frostquake
   Moderator

   I agree with all your comments! Bio-metrics has a very long way to go, but we are in need of desperate change! The way things are going, we are actually walking and going backwards! I have started paying for things with Checks again, and we were getting away from that! Bank sent me a letter stating that my limit on my "CASH" in the bank was now a certain amount!! I was like WAIT!!! That is MY CASH...that I put in there! They understood, but by putting a limit on my Daily Cash, that reduced their liability! I actually went to buy a TV, and due to the Limit, had to go to the Bank and withdraw Cash over two days!! Are you Kidding me!! All these Hackers who claim they are doing it for me, are actually hurting me, more and more!! Something must be done!

   Posted 1 year ago #

7. ManuOtaku
   Member

   I dont want that, do you remember what happens in the movies with the biometrics?, the people die or they get cut their eyes out or their fingers or whatever piece of your body is use on the scaning device, no please i dont want it at all, at least this way they only fuck up my financials and not my body (wealthbeing).

   Posted 1 year ago #

8. OrbitMonkey
   Member

   ^ That would give a new meaning to "hacking" someone's account ;-)

   Posted 1 year ago #

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