Security Theater on the Wells Fargo Website

Schneier on Security 2013-03-15

Summary:

Click on the "Establishing secure connection" link at the top of this page. It's a Wells Fargo page that displays a progress bar with a bunch of security phrases -- "Establishing Secure Connection," "Sending credentials," "Building Secure Environment," and so on -- and closes after a few seconds. It's complete security theater; it doesn't actually do anything but make account holders feel better.

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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/03/security_theate_8.html

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Date tagged:

03/15/2013, 12:23

Date published:

03/13/2013, 14:30