Recent content by bottrader

Disagree that everyone has complete control or the ability to secure it. Really, how about the brick layer down the road who is investing his hard earned money and knows bricks and the odd tip he gets from his brother inlaw. What control and ability does a non security type of IT person...

In general I would agree with this statement because most people are using insecure PCs, but for automated systems there is currently no choice but to opt out. That is why the other ideas are needed. I think there is s a good middle ground that not only improves secruity for all traders, but...

No need to panic, thats not the intention, and no one is even suggesting handcuffs or adopting any of these ideas. Hopefully some awareness of the issues and the compromises and complexities comes out of this. It would seem IB did not fully think through the impact to traders using automated...

Great idea. Before any trade on a particular underlying contract can be made, consent should be given first using a higher assurance process such as SMS or token challenge response. These positive acknowedgements should also expire if unused for some period of time and/or after a certain...

I have worked in IT security for my enitre career over 16 years in both government and the private sector. Security is not a band aid, and unfortuantely that is mostly what this token is. It may protect against some obvious threats if you are trading from a public terminal or physical...