Post #1742723
2026-04-28 09:51 UTC
@davep @EarthOrgUK @jtb @ahltorp @signalapp We're talking about the sector that holds our life savings and limits passwords to 8-12 alpha numeric characters and until recently no form of 2FA. Not sure why this surprises you. (If this isn't the case elsewhere, it's still the case in Japan, where I live. Not super impressed by my Canadian banks either, tbh.)
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@davep@infosec.exchange 2026-04-28 09:52
@stagerabbit @EarthOrgUK @jtb @ahltorp @signalapp At least I had to physically go to my local post office to activate my digital identity here in France.
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@ahltorp@mastodon.nu 2026-04-28 10:49
@stagerabbit @davep I think most of the banks in Sweden are at least ok in this regard. I’ve had online banking for 30 years (pre internet), and it has always been two-factor. In the beginning only pin and single-use codes, but very quickly it became smartcard-based challenge-response with pin unlock of the smartcard, so theoretically very secure. I’ve only done hanko based banking in Japan, so I’ve never seen online banking in Japan, but that seems horrible.