More Security – Sitekey from Bank of America
Posted by Cap in Online Banking |Finally. What I’ve been waiting for. Extra security for my Bank of America online account access. Yay. *sarcasm off*
Actually it’s not so bad if you only log into your account from one computer, but if you use different computers, expect more security questions.
SiteKey basically helps you identify Bank of America’s real login site from the fake ones. When you setup your SiteKey Image, each time you attempt to log on, Bank of America will display that specific Image you’ve choose. If you don’t see the same image, you’re not at a real Bank of America website. If you’re using another computer, you’ll have another set of questions to answer before you can log into your account.
Here’s what it sorta looks like:

You can find more information about it on Bank of America’s website.
Despite my hate for extra security, this one’s actually a pretty good idea – the implementation isn’t so bad at all. I was worried that there will be an extra set of security key, but looks like that won’t happen anytime soon.
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November 19th, 2005 at 11:16 am
I’ve already managed to get myself locked out twice due to SiteKey. Two missed passwords and you have to call them up. Maybe it’s just an intelligence test for their customer, of which I am failing miserably.
November 20th, 2005 at 4:18 pm
oh wow, they have that now?
back then umm you can miss like quite a few times and it’ll be all peachy. I think 5 times?
I gotta be extra careful now, because typo is like my best friend. plus, sometimes u get the passwords from other accounts mixed up.