| This is a discussion on Full Tilt - Pin vs. Security Key.... within the online poker forums, in the Poker Rooms section; Can anyone explain the difference? I already use the PIN. Is the PIN by itself subject to hacking/keylogging in a public or unsecured network ? ... |
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| Full Tilt - Pin vs. Security Key.... Can anyone explain the difference? I already use the PIN. Is the PIN by itself subject to hacking/keylogging in a public or unsecured network? Their FT store explains what the security key does, with the 6 digit code changing every 30 seconds, and the benefit there is obvious. But it doesn't explain if I am safe with a PIN if I am absolutely sure no one is looking over my shoulder at the cards I clicked (not typed) in. If my PIN cannot be keylogged, then that is enough for me. Thanks. |
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| Pin never changes, security key does. Therefore, if someone hacks your PC and records all the motions of your mouse and correlates it to your screen, they can figure out your PIN, whereas this is not possible with a security key. TBH, a pin is more than enough unless you have exceptionally large amounts of cash in your account, and even then it's probably enough unless a good hacker decides they want to target you specifically |
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Honestly the biggest concern with any type of security should be how easily it can be changed should your email account get hacked. Since both the PIN a security key are the same in that regard, I'd put using the PIN as very close to having the device. |
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| re: Full Tilt - Pin vs. Security Key.... poker Quote:
Just with the PIN I reckon you're account will be pretty darned hard to hack, just watch out if you're in public areas that people don't look over your shoulder! |
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| WV has it - the weakest point is probably your e-mail account and not your PIN. Having an e-mail address dedicated solely to the poker site, which you disclose to nobody else and use for nothing else, isn't a bad idea. That said, the security token costs next to nothing to buy with FPPs so if you want that extra level of security it can't hurt. |
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