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greenglide wrote: »It is "something you have" (the PC with a cookie on it) and something you know (the username and password).
The problem generally occurs when the web browser remembers and auto populates the "something you know" details at which point the security is only "something you have" as anyone with access to the computer can now login to your account.
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The problem generally occurs when the web browser remembers and auto populates the "something you know" details at which point the security is only "something you have" as anyone with access to the computer can now login to your account.
Alex
Especially if the website doesn't properly indicate to the browser which ones are unsafe to save (or unsafe to save in something other than a "password safe") - Nottingham BS being an example before they transitioned to Beehive. Your browser helpfully remembered your "code card" entries...0
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