Interesting article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21058994 … My money would be on a trojan in a new driver for the MB. What does the team think?
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Replying to @PaulOckenden
@PaulOckenden That is what I thought, sure windows would ask for re-reg after MB replacement possibly.But the rest ??2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PaulOckenden
@PaulOckenden well quite, and to say nothing of when you use someone else's machine.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mnew
@mnew@PaulOckenden I wouldn't rule it out. Tesco bank knows when I'm using a new PC on the same IP address.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bazzacollins
@bazzacollins@PaulOckenden So Tesco's is loking for a cookie, not your hardware.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mnew
@mnew@PaulOckenden it's not a cookie, because I cleared those recently to clear a fault, and Tesco still recognises the device.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bazzacollins
@bazzacollins@PaulOckenden Tesco site says "we store a small security token on your computer." I guess that this is how it detects a new PC1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@mnew @PaulOckenden Interesting. Will poke around and see if I can find what that is.
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