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Bank != Secure (Score:2)
Some institutions that need to be secure get it, most do not. You quickly come to realise that a lot of so called "security" is actually "security theatre". It sort of looks secure and that's more important that being secure.
I'm no banking or security expert but it is very clear that lots of things that should be secure are not well done. Sometimes it's because real security is hard and it may put off customers, sometimes it because the marketing people are in charge and sometimes I can't fathom why it's do
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