In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:32:38 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Monday, 18 June 2018 18:36:53 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark wrote:
I tend to use the one in my address book by clicking on it. No
chance of a typo then. Relying on the browser recognising a link
might just get you to a false one you've used before.

Well, if you have visted a copycat site, then delete it from your
browser history PDQ!

If you do all the right things, these copycat sites are nothing to
worry about. Sadly, many don't do all the right things.

What are all the right things ?

Try reading the thread?

You seem to think from your address book is the correct place get such
things.

Using a URL you have used before and know is genuine is a good start, yes.

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On Tuesday, 19 June 2018 19:13:46 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 19 June 2018 14:32:38 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Monday, 18 June 2018 18:36:53 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Mark wrote:
I tend to use the one in my address book by clicking on it. No
chance of a typo then. Relying on the browser recognising a link
might just get you to a false one you've used before.

Well, if you have visted a copycat site, then delete it from your
browser history PDQ!

If you do all the right things, these copycat sites are nothing to
worry about. Sadly, many don't do all the right things.

What are all the right things ?

Try reading the thread?

You seem to think from your address book is the correct place get such
things.

Using a URL you have used before and know is genuine is a good start, yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber your banks URL I can't remeber mine I don't need to.
One of the few I do remember is apple.com. I type that in and my browswer suggests "Choose another country or region to see content specific to your location and shop online."
You see browsers use cookies so there's little reason to type in URLs you've previously visited.

In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Using a URL you have used before and know is genuine is a good start,
yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber your banks URL I can't
remeber mine I don't need to.

Does that mean you just guess at it each time you want to go there?

You must have fun with phone numbers too.

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On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 11:29:44 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Using a URL you have used before and know is genuine is a good start,
yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber your banks URL I can't
remeber mine I don't need to.

Does that mean you just guess at it each time you want to go there?

yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

if it was the Royal Bank of Scotland I'd type RBS and that comes up with

https://personal.rbs.co.uk/personal.html

which seems OK to me.

I typed in royal wank of scotland too and got this.

Did you mean: royal bank of scotland
Search Results
Royal Wank of Scotland - Home | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Royal-Wank-...7235465049323/
Royal Wank of Scotland. 5 likes. Wank of Englands bitch.
R.W.S (Royal Wanks of Scotland) - YouTube
Video for royal wank of scotland
–¶ 12:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RU0u-0xvY
2 Jun 2014 - Uploaded by Laurence Masterson
4 idiotic Scottish guys plot to rob a bank. ... R.W.S (Royal Wanks of Scotland). Laurence Masterson. Loading ...
The Royal Wank of Scotland biography | Last.fm


How so you access such things go a a hyperlink from a year ago or something..



You must have fun with phone numbers too.

who uses phones numbers ?
I just tape on the persons name in my address book, and hit the link for whichever number I wish to call.

In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

Perhaps you don't remember that someone other than Barclays grabbed that
name in the early days. Barclays had to use ibank. I often wonder how much
they paid to sort that one.

But carry on chancing things. It's your money to give away.

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Dave Plowman wrote:

whisky-dave wrote:

If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

unless someone managed to dupe google (or hijacck your browser) into
returning their scam site instead of the correct result?

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

Perhaps you don't remember that someone other than Barclays grabbed that
name in the early days. Barclays had to use ibank. I often wonder how much
they paid to sort that one.

I remember them using ibank.barclays.co.uk and then switching to
bank.barclays.co.uk, but I don't remember them using ibank.co.uk

In article ,
Andy Burns wrote:
Dave Plowman wrote:

whisky-dave wrote:

If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

unless someone managed to dupe google (or hijacck your browser) into
returning their scam site instead of the correct result?

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

Perhaps you don't remember that someone other than Barclays grabbed that
name in the early days. Barclays had to use ibank. I often wonder how much
they paid to sort that one.

I remember them using ibank.barclays.co.uk and then switching to
bank.barclays.co.uk, but I don't remember them using ibank.co.uk

It was barclays.co.uk which was registered by other than the bank.

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On 20/06/2018 13:24, whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 11:29:44 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Using a URL you have used before and know is genuine is a good start,
yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber your banks URL I can't
remeber mine I don't need to.

Does that mean you just guess at it each time you want to go there?

yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

And if you type www.tsb.com, you do not get the TSB who are on www.tsb.co.uk

The .com version could easily be used by someone to set up a fake TSB
homepage.

SteveW

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 14:08:22 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

It's not the one I used either but it;s the starting point for them.

Perhaps you don't remember that someone other than Barclays grabbed that
name in the early days. Barclays had to use ibank. I often wonder how much
they paid to sort that one.

So yuo;re saying that isn't a Barclays bank site ?

and that ibank is ?

https://www.ibank.com/

good luck with that.



But carry on chancing things. It's your money to give away.

Yes it is and I wouldn't give it to ibank.

I guess the women and bloke doing a high five proves it's OK.
Which it might be of course but I don't think it's barclays or anything to do with them, but if yuo use that in yuor link history thats up to you.


A friend of mine has been contacted by Sky as they want his website address he registared some 15+ years ago as his name is Sky.

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:34:11 UTC+1, Steve Walker wrote:
On 20/06/2018 13:24, whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 11:29:44 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Using a URL you have used before and know is genuine is a good start,
yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber your banks URL I can't
remeber mine I don't need to.

Does that mean you just guess at it each time you want to go there?

yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

And if you type www.tsb.com, you do not get the TSB who are on www.tsb.co.uk


On trying it I recogniged that link as not a banking site.

The .com version could easily be used by someone to set up a fake TSB
homepage.

Yep they could but so what.


SteveW

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:34:11 UTC+1, Steve Walker wrote:
On 20/06/2018 13:24, whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 11:29:44 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Using a URL you have used before and know is genuine is a good start,
yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber your banks URL I can't
remeber mine I don't need to.

Does that mean you just guess at it each time you want to go there?

yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

And if you type www.tsb.com, you do not get the TSB who are on www.tsb.co.uk

The .com version could easily be used by someone to set up a fake TSB
homepage.

SteveW

But what I do notice is that those on here just reply to links that are 5+ years old without even noticing the date.

In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

It's not the one I used either but it;s the starting point for them.

Since you don't know the URL, how can you possibly tell?

You are an absolute gift for scammers.

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"whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 11:29:44 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Using a URL you have used before and know is genuine is a good start,
yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber your banks URL I
can't
remeber mine I don't need to.

Does that mean you just guess at it each time you want to go there?

yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get
is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

if it was the Royal Bank of Scotland I'd type RBS and that comes up with

https://personal.rbs.co.uk/personal.html

which seems OK to me.

I typed in royal wank of scotland too and got this.

Did you mean: royal bank of scotland
Search Results
Royal Wank of Scotland - Home | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Royal-Wank-...7235465049323/
Royal Wank of Scotland. 5 likes. Wank of Englands bitch.
R.W.S (Royal Wanks of Scotland) - YouTube
Video for royal wank of scotland
–¶ 12:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RU0u-0xvY
2 Jun 2014 - Uploaded by Laurence Masterson
4 idiotic Scottish guys plot to rob a bank. ... R.W.S (Royal Wanks of
Scotland). Laurence Masterson. Loading ...
The Royal Wank of Scotland biography | Last.fm


How so you access such things go a a hyperlink from a year ago or
something.

I normally type a couple of letters and select
from the list that pops up. So with aldi, I just
type al and with amazon just type am

I do almost all net banking from my phone
and only use the PC on the rate occasion
when what I wasnt to do like a search in
the history of transactions isnt supported
on the phone app but is on the web site.

That way there is never any url to have to
type, I select the particular bank from the
folder of bank apps on the main screen
on the phone and dont have to enter the
username or password either because
all the bank apps use Touch ID and so
its much easier to put the thumb on
the fingerprint sensor than to type
all that **** in to log in. And since the
net banking is what I need to be most
secure, I obviously need a different
password for each. And Touch ID means
that even with a lost or stolen phone
no one can use the apps on my phone.

Yo u must have fun with phone numbers too.

who uses phones numbers ?
I just tape on the persons name in my address book,

I tell Siri who I want to call.

and hit the link for whichever number I wish to call.

On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 04:47:26 +1000, cantankerous geezer Rot Speed blabbered,
again:

How so you access such things go a a hyperlink from a year ago or
something.

I normally type a couple of letters and select
from the list that pops up. So with aldi, I just
type al and with amazon just type am

Wow, you're a GENIUS, Rot! Albeit a senile genius! VBG

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:02:00 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

It's not the one I used either but it's the starting point for them.

Since you don't know the URL, how can you possibly tell?

I don't need to memorise URLs there's little point.


You are an absolute gift for scammers.

Yeah sure says the one that thinks www.ibank.co.uk is barclays.

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:47:37 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
...
On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 11:29:44 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Using a URL you have used before and know is genuine is a good start,
yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber your banks URL I
can't
remeber mine I don't need to.

Does that mean you just guess at it each time you want to go there?

yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get
is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

if it was the Royal Bank of Scotland I'd type RBS and that comes up with

https://personal.rbs.co.uk/personal.html

which seems OK to me.

I typed in royal wank of scotland too and got this.

Did you mean: royal bank of scotland
Search Results
Royal Wank of Scotland - Home | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Royal-Wank-...7235465049323/
Royal Wank of Scotland. 5 likes. Wank of Englands bitch.
R.W.S (Royal Wanks of Scotland) - YouTube
Video for royal wank of scotland
–¶ 12:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RU0u-0xvY
2 Jun 2014 - Uploaded by Laurence Masterson
4 idiotic Scottish guys plot to rob a bank. ... R.W.S (Royal Wanks of
Scotland). Laurence Masterson. Loading ...
The Royal Wank of Scotland biography | Last.fm


How so you access such things go a a hyperlink from a year ago or
something.

I normally type a couple of letters and select
from the list that pops up. So with aldi, I just
type al and with amazon just type am

yes me too, seems we can both tell a fake URL without too much of a problem perhaps yuo could explain it to Dave Plowman he seems to have 'problems'


I do almost all net banking from my phone
and only use the PC on the rate occasion
when what I wasnt to do like a search in
the history of transactions isnt supported
on the phone app but is on the web site.

I've yet to use my phone for banking I prefer my computer.


That way there is never any url to have to
type, I select the particular bank from the
folder of bank apps on the main screen
on the phone and dont have to enter the
username or password either because
all the bank apps use Touch ID and so
its much easier to put the thumb on
the fingerprint sensor than to type
all that **** in to log in. And since the
net banking is what I need to be most
secure, I obviously need a different
password for each. And Touch ID means
that even with a lost or stolen phone
no one can use the apps on my phone.

That is true, but I don't like the small screen on phones or even my ipad
I find it annoying.


Yo u must have fun with phone numbers too.

who uses phones numbers ?
I just tape on the persons name in my address book,

I tell Siri who I want to call.

I rarely use siri for anything.

On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:27:00 -0700, whisky-dave wrote:

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:02:00 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first
link I get is https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

It's not the one I used either but it's the starting point for them.

Since you don't know the URL, how can you possibly tell?

I don't need to memorise URLs there's little point.


You are an absolute gift for scammers.

Yeah sure says the one that thinks www.ibank.co.uk is barclays.

Try typing ibank.co.uk into Google.

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whisky-dave wrote
Rod Speed wrote
whisky-dave wrote
Dave Plowman (News) wrote
whisky-dave wrote

Using a URL you have used before and
know is genuine is a good start, yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber
your banks URL I can't remeber mine I don't need to.

Does that mean you just guess at it each time you want to go there?

yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get
is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

if it was the Royal Bank of Scotland I'd type RBS and that comes up with

https://personal.rbs.co.uk/personal.html

which seems OK to me.

I typed in royal wank of scotland too and got this.

Did you mean: royal bank of scotland
Search Results
Royal Wank of Scotland - Home | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Royal-Wank-...7235465049323/
Royal Wank of Scotland. 5 likes. Wank of Englands bitch.
R.W.S (Royal Wanks of Scotland) - YouTube
Video for royal wank of scotland
–¶ 12:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RU0u-0xvY
2 Jun 2014 - Uploaded by Laurence Masterson
4 idiotic Scottish guys plot to rob a bank. ... R.W.S (Royal Wanks of
Scotland). Laurence Masterson. Loading ...
The Royal Wank of Scotland biography | Last.fm

How so you access such things go a a hyperlink
from a year ago or something.

I normally type a couple of letters and select
from the list that pops up. So with aldi, I just
type al and with amazon just type am

yes me too, seems we can both tell a
fake URL without too much of a problem

Thats not telling a fake url, thats reusing one you have used before.

perhaps yuo could explain it to Dave Plowman

Not possible, he is that brain dead. Thats why he needed union.

he seems to have 'problems'

Because of the ear to ear dog ****.

I do almost all net banking from my phone
and only use the PC on the rate occasion
when what I wasnt to do like a search in
the history of transactions isnt supported
on the phone app but is on the web site.

I've yet to use my phone for banking
I prefer my computer.

More fool you for the reasons below.

And the apple phones and ipads are much more
secure than the computer can ever be too.

That way there is never any url to have to
type, I select the particular bank from the
folder of bank apps on the main screen
on the phone and dont have to enter the
username or password either because
all the bank apps use Touch ID and so
its much easier to put the thumb on
the fingerprint sensor than to type
all that **** in to log in. And since the
net banking is what I need to be most
secure, I obviously need a different
password for each. And Touch ID means
that even with a lost or stolen phone
no one can use the apps on my phone.

That is true, but I don't like the small screen
on phones or even my ipad I find it annoying.

Works fine with net banking because what it
needs to display fits fine on those small screens.

Yo u must have fun with phone numbers too.

who uses phones numbers ?
I just tape on the persons name in my address book,

I tell Siri who I want to call.

I rarely use siri for anything.

Again, more fool you.

On Thursday, 21 June 2018 10:59:15 UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:27:00 -0700, whisky-dave wrote:

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:02:00 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first
link I get is https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

It's not the one I used either but it's the starting point for them.

Since you don't know the URL, how can you possibly tell?

I don't need to memorise URLs there's little point.


You are an absolute gift for scammers.

Yeah sure says the one that thinks www.ibank.co.uk is barclays.

Try typing ibank.co.uk into Google.

I did that's how I found out ibank isn't barclays even if it was 5 years ago, which indicated things change so a 5 year -old link in your address book might not be as useful as you think.

On Thursday, 21 June 2018 11:06:32 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
whisky-dave wrote
Rod Speed wrote
whisky-dave wrote
Dave Plowman (News) wrote
whisky-dave wrote

Using a URL you have used before and
know is genuine is a good start, yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber
your banks URL I can't remeber mine I don't need to.

Does that mean you just guess at it each time you want to go there?

yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I get
is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

if it was the Royal Bank of Scotland I'd type RBS and that comes up with

https://personal.rbs.co.uk/personal.html

which seems OK to me.

I typed in royal wank of scotland too and got this.

Did you mean: royal bank of scotland
Search Results
Royal Wank of Scotland - Home | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Royal-Wank-...7235465049323/
Royal Wank of Scotland. 5 likes. Wank of Englands bitch.
R.W.S (Royal Wanks of Scotland) - YouTube
Video for royal wank of scotland
–¶ 12:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RU0u-0xvY
2 Jun 2014 - Uploaded by Laurence Masterson
4 idiotic Scottish guys plot to rob a bank. ... R.W.S (Royal Wanks of
Scotland). Laurence Masterson. Loading ...
The Royal Wank of Scotland biography | Last.fm

How so you access such things go a a hyperlink
from a year ago or something.

I normally type a couple of letters and select
from the list that pops up. So with aldi, I just
type al and with amazon just type am

yes me too, seems we can both tell a
fake URL without too much of a problem

Thats not telling a fake url, thats reusing one you have used before.

Why would I want to use a fake URL I have used before ?



I do almost all net banking from my phone
and only use the PC on the rate occasion
when what I wasnt to do like a search in
the history of transactions isnt supported
on the phone app but is on the web site.

I've yet to use my phone for banking
I prefer my computer.

More fool you for the reasons below.

And the apple phones and ipads are much more
secure than the computer can ever be too.

I don't care I find a phone too small, why should I **** about with
a 5" screen when I have a 27" screen.
I feel the same about wacthing movies on a phone, sure I see people on the tube watching game of throngs on their phone.
Also as I use multiple passwords I need access to my list of passwords, which I keep on an encryped drive which can't be connected to my phone.




That way there is never any url to have to
type, I select the particular bank from the
folder of bank apps on the main screen
on the phone and dont have to enter the
username or password either because
all the bank apps use Touch ID and so
its much easier to put the thumb on
the fingerprint sensor than to type
all that **** in to log in. And since the
net banking is what I need to be most
secure, I obviously need a different
password for each. And Touch ID means
that even with a lost or stolen phone
no one can use the apps on my phone.

That is true, but I don't like the small screen
on phones or even my ipad I find it annoying.

Works fine with net banking because what it
needs to display fits fine on those small screens.

I don't care, I currently DO NOT need to do banking on my phone.

On 21/06/2018 12:28, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 21 June 2018 10:59:15 UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:27:00 -0700, whisky-dave wrote:

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:02:00 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first
link I get is https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

It's not the one I used either but it's the starting point for them.

Since you don't know the URL, how can you possibly tell?

I don't need to memorise URLs there's little point.


You are an absolute gift for scammers.

Yeah sure says the one that thinks www.ibank.co.uk is barclays.

Try typing ibank.co.uk into Google.

I did that's how I found out ibank isn't barclays even if it was 5 years ago, which indicated things change so a 5 year -old link in your address book might not be as useful as you think.

WTF do people mean by an "address book"? To me, it's either a dog eared
book with alphabetic tabs down the side, or it's a database of email
addresses. URLs are stored as "bookmarks" or "favorites".

--
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In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Try typing ibank.co.uk into Google.

I did that's how I found out ibank isn't barclays even if it was 5 years
ago, which indicated things change so a 5 year -old link in your address
book might not be as useful as you think.

Where did you get the idea 'ibank' was ever an actual URL for Barclays?

As I said you are a scammer's dream.

What was said was 'ibank' was once *part* of the URL for Barclays Bank.

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In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:

I did that's how I found out ibank isn't barclays even if it was 5 years
ago, which indicated things change so a 5 year -old link in your address
book might not be as useful as you think.

Pray tell, why would you use a link to your bank account you'd not used
for 5 years?

Is your address book full of things from the distant past that no longer
work?

If so, no wonder you don't know how to used it.

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In article ,
Max Demian wrote:
WTF do people mean by an "address book"? To me, it's either a dog eared
book with alphabetic tabs down the side, or it's a database of email
addresses. URLs are stored as "bookmarks" or "favorites".

Some of us have one that stores everything. ;-)
Snail mail address, email, telephone numbers and URL. Etc.

Although using your bookmarked ones does the same thing. But not if you
bookmark all the scam sites too, which apparently some do.

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On Thursday, 21 June 2018 14:32:22 UTC+1, Max Demian wrote:
On 21/06/2018 12:28, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 21 June 2018 10:59:15 UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:27:00 -0700, whisky-dave wrote:

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:02:00 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first
link I get is https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

It's not the one I used either but it's the starting point for them.

Since you don't know the URL, how can you possibly tell?

I don't need to memorise URLs there's little point.


You are an absolute gift for scammers.

Yeah sure says the one that thinks www.ibank.co.uk is barclays.

Try typing ibank.co.uk into Google.

I did that's how I found out ibank isn't barclays even if it was 5 years ago, which indicated things change so a 5 year -old link in your address book might not be as useful as you think.

WTF do people mean by an "address book"?

For me it's the name given to Apples Contacts app. which sychs with my mobile devices and computers.
It keeps names, emails, birhdays, phone numbers, additional notes of people and companies, but I DO NOT have an entry for my bank or any other finacail service. I aslo don't see the need to input my local supermarkets either.



To me, it's either a dog eared
book with alphabetic tabs down the side, or it's a database of email
addresses. URLs are stored as "bookmarks" or "favorites".

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On Thursday, 21 June 2018 14:36:38 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Try typing ibank.co.uk into Google.

I did that's how I found out ibank isn't barclays even if it was 5 years
ago, which indicated things change so a 5 year -old link in your address
book might not be as useful as you think.

Where did you get the idea 'ibank' was ever an actual URL for Barclays?

because you said that is what you use.


As I said you are a scammer's dream.

I'm not as I don't go to old outdated links from a address book, same in real life my barclays bank was in leytonstone then it closed and my ac**** moved to leyton then that closed and it was turned into a green grocers.


What was said was 'ibank' was once *part* of the URL for Barclays Bank.

So. It's no longer part of the URL is it ?

On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:06:20 +1000, cantankerous geezer Rot Speed blabbered,
again:

FLUSH the inevitable senile rot

You need to take your meds REGULARLY, senile cretin!

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On Thursday, 21 June 2018 14:40:16 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:

I did that's how I found out ibank isn't barclays even if it was 5 years
ago, which indicated things change so a 5 year -old link in your address
book might not be as useful as you think.

Pray tell, why would you use a link to your bank account you'd not used
for 5 years?

I don't that is the point. I type what I am looking for NEW every single time.



Is your address book full of things from the distant past that no longer
work?

No idea I don't use my address book for URLs.


If so, no wonder you don't know how to used it.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Where did you get the idea 'ibank' was ever an actual URL for Barclays?

because you said that is what you use.

You're making things up again. Nowhere did I give the complete URL I use
for Barclays online banking.

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whisky-dave wrote
Rod Speed wrote
whisky-dave wrote
Rod Speed wrote
whisky-dave wrote
Dave Plowman (News) wrote
whisky-dave wrote

Using a URL you have used before and
know is genuine is a good start, yes.

Few people remeber such things, can yuo rememeber
your banks URL I can't remeber mine I don't need to.

Does that mean you just guess at it each time you want to go there?

yep.
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first link I
get is
https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

if it was the Royal Bank of Scotland I'd type RBS and that comes up
with

https://personal.rbs.co.uk/personal.html

which seems OK to me.

I typed in royal wank of scotland too and got this.

Did you mean: royal bank of scotland
Search Results
Royal Wank of Scotland - Home | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Royal-Wank-...7235465049323/
Royal Wank of Scotland. 5 likes. Wank of Englands bitch.
R.W.S (Royal Wanks of Scotland) - YouTube
Video for royal wank of scotland
–¶ 12:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RU0u-0xvY
2 Jun 2014 - Uploaded by Laurence Masterson
4 idiotic Scottish guys plot to rob a bank. ... R.W.S (Royal Wanks of
Scotland). Laurence Masterson. Loading ...
The Royal Wank of Scotland biography | Last.fm

How so you access such things go a a hyperlink
from a year ago or something.

I normally type a couple of letters and select
from the list that pops up. So with aldi, I just
type al and with amazon just type am

yes me too, seems we can both tell a
fake URL without too much of a problem

Thats not telling a fake url, thats reusing one you have used before.

Why would I want to use a fake URL I have used before ?

You never would get a fake url that way if you only
ever go to the urls that way and never click on a link
on a web page or in an email and just type a couple
of letters into the browser address bar that way.

And even if you did manage to click on a link in an
email or on a web page when you had a brain fart,
its trivial to delete that url from the browser history
when you discover that it is a fake. Even you should
be able to manage that, if someone was actually
stupid enough to lend you a seeing eye dog and
a white cane, again.

I do almost all net banking from my phone
and only use the PC on the rate occasion
when what I wasnt to do like a search in
the history of transactions isnt supported
on the phone app but is on the web site.

I've yet to use my phone for banking
I prefer my computer.

More fool you for the reasons below.

And the apple phones and ipads are much more
secure than the computer can ever be too.

I don't care I find a phone too small, why should
I **** about with a 5" screen when I have a 27" screen.

Because even a terminal ****wit such as yourself should
have noticed that the phone banking apps use the
screens very differently so the particular bit of into you
need to see like the current balance or the operation
you are sending the money to mostly fills the screen.

I feel the same about wacthing movies on a phone,

Different situation entirely. With a movie they have
to show the same content on a much smaller screen.
With a phone banking app they dont.

Also as I use multiple passwords I need access to my list of passwords,

No you dont when the phone app has Touch ID and
all the ones that matter do now instead of a password.

which I keep on an encryped drive which
can't be connected to my phone.

No reason why you can't have an encrypted
copy on your phone too, or in the cloud but
you dont need that given the phone app
uses Touch ID instead of the password.

That way there is never any url to have to
type, I select the particular bank from the
folder of bank apps on the main screen
on the phone and dont have to enter the
username or password either because
all the bank apps use Touch ID and so
its much easier to put the thumb on
the fingerprint sensor than to type
all that **** in to log in. And since the
net banking is what I need to be most
secure, I obviously need a different
password for each. And Touch ID means
that even with a lost or stolen phone
no one can use the apps on my phone.

That is true, but I don't like the small screen
on phones or even my ipad I find it annoying.

Works fine with net banking because what it
needs to display fits fine on those small screens.

I don't care,

Yes, you are that terminal a ****wit.

currently DO NOT need to do banking on my phone.

Yes you do to get the much better security where there
is never any url used, you just use the app instead.

"Max Demian" wrote in message
...
On 21/06/2018 12:28, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 21 June 2018 10:59:15 UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:27:00 -0700, whisky-dave wrote:

On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:02:00 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
If my bank was barclays I'd type barclays bank and the first
link I get is https://www.barclays.co.uk/

which seems OK to me.

Does it? Not the URL I use for online banking with Barclays.

It's not the one I used either but it's the starting point for them.

Since you don't know the URL, how can you possibly tell?

I don't need to memorise URLs there's little point.


You are an absolute gift for scammers.

Yeah sure says the one that thinks www.ibank.co.uk is barclays.

Try typing ibank.co.uk into Google.

I did that's how I found out ibank isn't barclays even if it was 5 years
ago, which indicated things change so a 5 year -old link in your address
book might not be as useful as you think.

WTF do people mean by an "address book"?

As always, a variety of thing.

To me, it's either a dog eared book with alphabetic tabs down the side, or
it's a database of email addresses.

Any decent modern one has urls in it too so its a complete
database of all the details of all your contacts.

URLs are stored as "bookmarks" or "favorites".

Thats not the only place they are stored now.

And you dont even need to store them when you
have enough of a clue to use the phone app for
the much better security if its not an android.

On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 05:11:54 +1000, cantankerous geezer Rot Speed blabbered,
again:

FLUSH the latest senile rant by the resident senile crank

On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:41:10 +1000, cantankerous geezer Rot Speed blabbered,
again:


Why would I want to use a fake URL I have used before ?

You never would get a fake url that way if you only
ever go to the urls that way and never click on a link
on a web page or in an email and just type a couple
of letters into the browser address bar that way.

FLUSH the rest of the usual idiotic rant

It's URLs now this senile cretin from Ozzieland is quarrelling about!
****ing unbelievable! LOL

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