Secure code - not secure

[Fuzzgin]

I hope this is the right topic. I just used my bank card online. I'm terrible at remembering passwords and my account has recently changed to 3 boxes where you choose random letters/numbers rather than the whole password. I thought I'd got it right but I hadn't so it asked me to choose a new one.

 

 

So lets get this straight, a thief finds my card. Decides to use it but doesn't know the secure code so is invited to reset it???? Really???

 

 

The only thing it asked as a security question that hadn't been included when I put my card details in for the purchase was the sort code. Which is printed on the card! So what kind of security is this?

 

 

It's not new, this has happened before (like I said, I'm lousy with passwords) and I thought then that it was just wrong!

[Conniff]

Are you talking about "Verify Visa" ?

 

What you say is not correct, there is more than one stage to go through and further security checks as well.

[renegadeimp]

Yep. That visa security is VERY secure.

[fkofilee]

VBV And MC Securecode too... Both very secure

[Fuzzgin]

No, not Visa, Mastercard Debit and if it invites the person who currently has the card to designate a password asking only some of the details on the previous transaction and the sort code (which is on the card) it cannot be secure. I don't have a Visa card. My bank doesn't issue them as far as I'm aware.