AngryParsley comments on My Heartbleed learning experience and alternative to poor quality Heartbleed instructions. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AngryParsley 16 April 2014 09:52:14AM 0 points [-]

I think Eugine_Nier means to imply (and I would agree) that anybody using SSL2 is incompetent when it comes to security.

If you have a significant amount of money in your account, I recommend asking your bank about multi-factor authentication. I had to pay a small fee for it, but Wells Fargo gave me an RSA token for my accounts. Its use is required when transferring funds to other banks. So even if my password is stolen, my money is safe. Silicon Valley Bank has a similar scheme using SMS authentication.