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Banks obviously have an interest in making consumers feel safe. They are there to protect the customers' money. They want customers to use their online services, too, because the channel offers a lower cost per transaction than a branch. But giving away free security software to make customers feel safe is probably doing more harm than good.
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The world's e-mail network is no longer the friendly place it once was and authentication could mean the end for the platform as we know it.
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