On Mon, 23 May 2005 10:52:29 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

You underestimate me. Ever heard of on-line banking? Ever heard of being
able to check your account at any time? We don't rely on paper statements.

Whereas I, as a 'computer bod', would not touch on-line banking of any
kind with a bargepole! I have my trusty shredder and I have a PIN in
my head. I use my CC as rarely as possible, prefering to pay cash
wherever possible. The banks and building societies are always trying
to persuade me to join their hotlines to fraud, which is how I view
on-line banking. Sooner or later there is going to be a case that
suddenly hits the headlines as huge numbers of people have all their
savings stolen in a split second. It is bound to happen, either
through cock-up or criminal act. Of course, the Microsofts of this
world who keep pressing their flaky software on to us, software that
barely goes a week without needing a patch of somekind - even Firefox
now finds its own flakiness - will say, nowt to do with us, mate!
Total loss is a USER problem.

MM