[ggcsquicksig] Re: financial security question
- From: "Irma" <irmbo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:05:36 -0800
Thank you, Mike, and thank you , Babette. I will definitely look into using
a flash drive for that purpose in the future. I'm sure the broker's laptop
is not set to save log on data, because I signed on twice, and I was asked
again for the log on data.
I was just about to write to the broker and ask her what browser she uses
so that I could be prepared to delete the cookies, but since I know that
someone would need my log on info in order to sign in, would you say that it
is okay, then, to leave the cookies there?
Irma
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From: <bcbloch@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 1:00 PM
Subject: [ggcsquicksig] Re: financial security question
> Irma...as Mike says, all major browsers have a security setting to delete
> all cookies. However,cookies themselves are not too dangerous...all they
> do is tell the bank that this is a personal computer, not public, and
> then it won't ask you the special security questions you give them when
> you first sign up for on line banking. If the cookie is there, you are
> taken to the sign on page(s) and still have to give your sign on name
> user ID) and password.
>
> However, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, and probably other
> browsers, also have settings that allow you to save log on data. If the
> computer's owner has that set to remember, the browser will save your
> sign on name and password, and insert it for you. This is supposed to be
> encrypted, but I never use it, because I don't like the idea of my
> security data on a hard disk in the browser..
>
> I'm not sure how you delete this saved information, but there must be a
> way.
>
> Incidentally, this is one reason I use Roboform to keep my log in
> data...and Roboform to Go allows you to run it from a flash drive, and
> the data is never put onto any computer you use.
>
> Babette
>
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 08:55:02 -0800 "Irma" <irmbo@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> I'm currently working with a mortgage broker to refinance my house.
>> I've
>> worked with her for years--very trustworthy. During the process I
>> used her
>> laptop to go to my bank account so she could print my current bank
>> statement. My brother has just warned me that now there are cookies
>> for my
>> bank in her computer that should be deleted. My broker doesn't
>> appear to be
>> very computer savvy, but I'm sure I can ask her the next time I am
>> there if
>> I could eliminate the cookies to my bank.
>>
>> Is this necessary? Also, she has indicated that she will be
>> upgrading to a
>> new computer in the future, which gives me further worries about who
>> might
>> be able to access the cookies.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Irma
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