Comment Re:bank I use ... allows (weak passwords) (Score 1) 271
Why? the damage that can be done to me by a compromised gmail account is worst.
From my bank you can read my financial records, and mail checks. I can notice this before the check ever arrives.
From my gmail, you can reset most of my passwords to everything, and impersonate me, doing much personal if not economic damage, maybe even some light blackmail.
I'd like to see paypal be more secure, as they can actually spend my money, though I get an instant notification, and am sure could call and reverse it before damage is done (I actually think adding someone to send checks to does the same at my bank).
There's very little real damage to be done from my online banking. My credit card doesn't have a password, I hand to a half dozen people a day, and even that has cost me only 2 hours of a pain in the ass over 15 years.