[ggcsquicksig] Re: financial security question
- From: bcbloch@xxxxxxxx
- To: ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 16:30:48 -0800
Yeah...the cookies shouldn't do any harm.
But the flash drive I was talking about was to use with a program called
RoboForm, which saves all your log ins with very strong encryption, and
can be used from a flash drive anywhere you go, without ever putting the
data on anyone's computer.
We can take a look at their web site at the SIG meeting if anyone is
interested.
Babette
On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:05:36 -0800 "Irma" <irmbo@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 1:00 PM
> Subject: [ggcsquicksig] Re: financial security question
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>
> > 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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