Swede (2)FA
My wife is Swedish and we live happily together in England. She does love England but every now and then she points out little things in our daily life where things are better in Sweden. It is probably a long term subliminal campaign for her to persuade me to move to Sweden but it will never work, too far to travel back for Spurs home games!
Anyway, the other day she pointed out that the Swedes have had 2 factor authentication for their online banking sites for about 10 years. Her bank gave her a calculator sized device smaller than a PINSentry or NatWest Card reader, which she is happy to use.
Whilst I have already blogged that I don't fully buy into the Barclays PINSentry or NatWest Card Reader implementation (too bulky and only usable at the bank that gave you it) or this particular device as (for the same reasons), I must say that Sweden did the right thing at the time.
I do think that it is time for banks in Sweden and elsewhere to consider more user friendly consumer security devices like the credit card device (see post below) or a security device in the consumers mobile phone.
By the way, apparently Sweden has better hospitals, better sports facilities, better maternity rights (18 months split between the mother and father as you see fit at 90% pay!!!), more Olympic medallists per capita, lower cost of living, healthier food, better designers, closer family units, more beautiful countryside and no Page 3 in newspapers (sorry you will only get the last one if you English)!
