Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 29 days agoDiscussion Thread 🍌🍌 Monday 4 August 2025message-squaremessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareDiscussion Thread 🍌🍌 Monday 4 August 2025Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 29 days agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squaretombruzzo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·29 days agoI’ve been noticing a lot of billboard ads from banks about scam and fraud prevention. I wonder if there’s a new wave of paranoia about these things from AI because there seems to be more than usual
minus-squareForce_majeure123@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·29 days agoMy company (finance ish) is about to switch MFA from opt-in to opt-out (on by default) for our customers to help protect from scams
minus-squareDuenan@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·29 days agoMFA saved me yesterday, someone managed to log into my bank account but MFA was active through my app and prevented the login access. So lucky it was in place or I would have been screwed. Anyway password has been changed and precautions taken.
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·29 days agoit might not be more fraud just that banks are being made to share responsibility and cost
I’ve been noticing a lot of billboard ads from banks about scam and fraud prevention. I wonder if there’s a new wave of paranoia about these things from AI because there seems to be more than usual
My company (finance ish) is about to switch MFA from opt-in to opt-out (on by default) for our customers to help protect from scams
MFA saved me yesterday, someone managed to log into my bank account but MFA was active through my app and prevented the login access.
So lucky it was in place or I would have been screwed.
Anyway password has been changed and precautions taken.
it might not be more fraud just that banks are being made to share responsibility and cost