- From: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 09:08:09 +0200
- To: "public-identity@w3.org" <public-identity@w3.org>
On 2014-05-04 08:11, Anders Rundgren wrote: > Sort of linked to the "eternal" HTTPS Client Cert Authentication UI issues, I would like to highlight > a related problem which is much bigger and that is the fact that we after 20 years with the web > still mainly use unauthenticated Cardnumbers + "passwords" (CCV) printed in clear on > credit-cards for authorizing web-payments. AKA known as "Card Not Present" transactions > > Just about every month there are reports on massive break-ins in servers which would be > fairly useless if there were a useful authentication scheme involved. In fact, even the "secure" > EMV cards used in the EU and Asia, are exactly as susceptible to these attacks as their > non-secure US counterparts, since the lowest common denominator (the web) must be supported . > > Obviously the entire authentication space is in a poor condition compared to the rest of the web. > > Anders http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/05/05/target-ceo-steps-down/8713847/
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