In article <4e77254c.6070...@druck.org.uk>, David J. Ruck <dr...@druck.org.uk> wrote:
> On 19/09/2011 11:53, John Williams wrote: > > In article<a3cf1d1552.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>, > > Dr Peter Young<pnyo...@ormail.co.uk> wrote: > > An interesting fact is that these 'little keypad > > thingies' are all the same, just badged differently. > > So if you need to, you can use someone else's - away > > from home, for example. > > Anyone wishing to discuss this, take it elsewhere, as > > it's off-topic here. > Not wishing to discuss it, only to correct inaccurate > information:- > You can't use someone else's, as each has a serial number > which needs to be registered in order that the remote end > is using the same seed for the random number generation. > DO NOT allow anyone else to see your serial number, as > following the RSA breach, the system is compromised. While they are not all the same, some certainly are identical. I am sure that Druck's comment applies to the device I have from Citibank Belgium, as I had to confirm the code off the back to the bank before it was activated. This device is not a card reader, it just generates a code after input of a registered PIN. On the other hand, my German bank recently provided a card reader / code generator. Before sending me one they asked if I already had, from another bank, such a device marked V1.4, as, they said any such device would work. This device is quite unlike any other I have seen, as it has optical input, though it can be used manually too. I suspect that both the Royal Bank and NatWest ones I have are interchangeable, though I have not tried. The Nationwide one does seem to have similar keys, though the mode of operation is different. The two Swiss ones I have are not interchangeable - putting Bank A's card into bank B's machine gies a "wrong card" error. -- Russell Hafter - Mailing Lists rh.li...@phone.coop Need a hotel? <http://www.hrs.com/?client=en__blue&customerId=416873103> (NB This link needs Firefox to work)
