Security

On September 2, 1969, the first automatic teller machine to use magnetic-striped cards opened to the public at Chemical Bank in Rockville Centre, New York.

So I was checking my bank balance online Friday night and noticed something odd. When I put in my password, it was visible — instead of a bunch of dots. I don’t know a whole lot about computer security, but I know enough to know that’s not a good thing, so I never pressed “enter.” I tried for about 15 minutes and finally got the dots back, but it made me suspicious. I called my bank this morning and talked to one of their IT people, who seemed to think I was eccentric but promised to look into it.

And then I read this.

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