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Comment Re:American perspective (Score 1) 195

Second, there is no presumption of innocence in our Constitution.

The words "presumption of innocence" are not in the U.S. constitution, but it does guarantee "due process" in the fifth amendment.

Also, there's "reasonable doubt" in the US constitution, and in 1895 the Supreme Courst of the United States estabilished (Coffin v. United States) that "reasonable doubt" implies the presumption of innocence.

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Submission + - Widespread vulnerability in bank login pages

mrcaseyj writes: Microsoft has criticized some banks for no longer using secure connections for entire login pages and only encrypting the password as it goes back to the bank. This prevents simple password sniffing but doesn't prevent a man in the middle attack from replacing the unsecured login page with one that has disabled encryption. This is especially a problem if you are using an unencrypted wireless connection such as at a coffee shop, because hackers can easily use the airpwn package to intercept the login page and steal your password. An easy remedy for when a secure page isn't available is to enter a bad username and password which usually brings up a secure page telling you to try again. But can you really trust your money to a bank that doesn't even offer the option of a secure login page?

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