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Re: [LUG] Puppy Linux and safe banking

 

On Sun, 2011-09-25 at 20:44 +0100, Eion MacDonald wrote:
> 
> On 09/24/11 17:46, Kevin Lucas wrote:
> > Just looking at Puppy linux
> > <http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20and%20Getting%20Started.htm> for
> > somebody and followed this link
> > 
> > http://www.itnews.com.au/News/157767,nsw-police-dont-use-windows-for-internet-banking.aspx
> > 
> > can any one remember the outcome With M$ and Mcaffee?
> > 
> > It's a bit of an over kill to reboot the machine just to Log on the the
> > bank,  but I can see the point.  Perhaps if Banks adopted it as a
> > precaution more users would just stay in Linux and not bother to reboot
> > Windows!
> > -- 
> 
> Not overkill.
> I use a USB key to do internet banking.
> 
> Easy as it is first thing I do at that boot up or last thing, so not a
> great time consumer.
> 
> -- 
> Regards
> Eion MacDonald
> 

IS it because you use Windows normally ...
or because you don't trust the browser  cache / cookies?

I have Firefox in Fedora with no history kept no saved form data and all
cookies and cache removed on close.

Do you think this does the same job as the USB stick?




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