Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Davey Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Mobile banking: alarm as fraudsters take over handsets and raid accounts Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:05:11 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:05:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5f6c2692dc38f5906d593db2650c8192"; logging-data="812305"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Yb7UIIhOOUF4Tp2JhTRQd" Cancel-Lock: sha1:N45ggN6edQw6g/BlVlf6Mnn7PeA= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Bytes: 2257 On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:48:38 +0100 Clive Page wrote: > On 14/07/2024 00:20, Chris wrote: > > > Not the same thing. Bank apps ask you to set a PIN as an added > > level of security. People are lazy and don't want to remember > > another PIN so use the same one as the phone lock screen. > > I have no idea why the banks have recently made the security of their > apps weaker. I have two banking apps on my phone, each of them used > to have a longish alphanumeric password that I had chosen (two > different passwords of course). But recent compulsory "upgrades" to > each App have made me chose a 5-digit or 6-digit PIN. I have chosen > different PINs and neither is the same as the one I use to unlock the > phone, but all the same it's obviously less secure than before. Can > anyone think why on earth they have done that? It seems crazy to me. > > What is the banks' explanation? -- Davey.