The Online Access, the Security flaws and the Wardrobe .

I am forever happening upon people who seem to care about privacy, who are in a position to enforce strict adherence and who certainly have a good deal to lose from it being abused.

Yet recently, it being tax time, I have had to search about tracking all these crazy statements and what not from such wild and crazy organisations as banks, superannuation companies and health insurance companies.

All three offer great online services where you can logon and view all your wonderful tax saving statements, update all your details and cancel any future mail out statements.

What do I hear ?? "That sounds great!", perhaps even a "and whats you point ... MATE ??".

Well here is the point. All three had a simple to ease sign up system where I entered all my secret details (eg, first name, last name, location of my house) and provided them with an email address.

Then they just send out an activation code via email (since they have that now) and when I click on the link that is right there in the email, BAM!! I have all that persons .... cough .... MY ... my details at my finger tips.

Now I can update my address, read all about my income and see where I spend all my money.

So the only real security feature that I can find for these three companies web access is that I have made an account for my own stuff before someone else did.

Seriously, I think I might use their 'contact us' email address and sign them up for the Monthly Bruce newsletter....

..... actually, I will do that now.