Re: Feature Request: Financial and Secure sites

Yahoo allows you to upload your own image. You can see this at:
    https://login.yahoo.com/
The folded down upper right corner of the sign-in area that says
"prevent password theft" (if you show images :-)) has info. You
don't need an account to see this.

Beth Katz

On Sep 29, 2006, at 7:51 AM, J Thompson wrote:

> I would like to STRONGLY second Paul's request, for precisely the  
> same reasons.
>
> Not that this is the right forum to do anything about it, but I  
> also agree that seeing a "security picture" chosen from their  
> "album" is nowhere near as useful as being able to upload a picture  
> unique to me, such as my wife, kids, house, a vacation spot, whatever.
>
>> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:29:15 -0400
>> From: Paul List Hess <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Feature Request:  Financial and Secure sites
>> To: [email protected]
>> Message-ID: <p0623090ac14162862341@[192.168.0.30]>
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>>
>> Many financial sites (brokers, credit cards, banks) now have two  
>> screen login pages where you first input your username, then go to  
>> another page, then type in your password.
>> I find this a hassle rather than more secure, and I prefer to  
>> manage my security with my keychain settings.  Can OmniWeb  
>> recognize these kinds of sites (or have me designate them) and  
>> then fill in my information on each screen from the keychain?
>>
>> OT peeve:  These sites also seem to use a "secure picture" that  
>> I'm supposed to recognize to know whether to trust them.  How am I  
>> supposed to remember all those secure pictures and which ones go  
>> with which site?  The only way I see that being an actual benefit  
>> would be if I could upload a picture (e.g. my photo) and then I  
>> would definitely recognize it.
>
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