Mortal Monkey on 26/9/2006 at 20:39
In before Scots_Taffer.
Scots Taffer on 26/9/2006 at 23:22
Genius, MM.
Anyway, I wondered how this thread could have possibly reached 2 pages... I should've known!
StD: my little girl has already begun successful stock market trading, what the fuck do you make of that, huh? Sure, she chooses her stocks by where her drool hits the FT but that's fucking good enough for me, this shit's all stochastic anyhow.
SD on 26/9/2006 at 23:26
Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer
she chooses her stocks by where her drool hits the FT
That's how the professionals do it too :o
Fingernail on 27/9/2006 at 09:55
I love how Gillie just posts news stories from the AND FINALLY.... category.
Phydeaux on 27/9/2006 at 10:06
Either story seems plausable to me. Little kids learn by mimicking, and a 3 year old could easily accidentally buy something online.
However, it's not like "Buy it now" is an instant, no going back decision; IIRC there's at least one more page where you have to confirm it. And if the session has timed out, even if you're still "logged in", you have to log back in to confirm the purchase (then the confirmation page).
But again, if the mother has the Save Passwords function enabled...
Haegan on 27/9/2006 at 15:42
hehehe........pink car.
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or not.....
trevor the sheep on 29/9/2006 at 00:23
Quote Posted by Phydeaux
But again, if the mother has the Save Passwords function enabled...
MY GOD YOU ARE RIGHT MAN
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE
Swiss Mercenary on 29/9/2006 at 01:22
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
Spare me the Internet toughguy act Subjective Effect; you don't have the thighs to carry it off.
He doesn't have the massive tool either.
dlw6 on 30/9/2006 at 11:56
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
If you let it, Firefox will automatically fill in your name AND password. IE can probably do the same thing.
This is probably what the woman did that allowed the 3 year old to make the purchase. Yet I see a lot of people advocating browser-stored passwords.
STD's point of view is, by coincidence apparently, consistent with the security practice known as defense in depth. While I don't allow people I don't trust into my home or on my computer, physically or virtually, it could happen. Therefore I tell Opera and Firefox to never remember high-risk passwords like banking, insurance, and eBay.
Don
SD on 30/9/2006 at 12:39
Quote Posted by dlw6
STD's point of view is, by coincidence apparently, consistent with the security practice known as defense in depth.
It's also consistent with the general practice known as "common sense". Storing passwords on your computer out of sheer convenience is asking for trouble. You might as well store your house keys in a plantpot outside.
