Signature Authorization is Stupid Security
By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com
Ever forge your husband’s signature? Wife’s? Parent’s? Client’s? Do you think the clerk behind the counter at Walmart is skilled in handwriting analysis? The fact is, a handwritten signature provides zero proactive security. If someone signs your name to a check, and you call the bank and say it wasn’t you, they look at the signature and determine whether it’s yours or not. From there they assign liability. That’s dumb.
Congressional Leak Spotlights P2P User Act
By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com
Congress is still considering the Informed P2P User Act, a law that would supposedly make it safer to use peer-to-peer file sharing software, an effort that is similar to banning mosquitoes from sucking blood. It just isn’t happening…
