Ask HN: Why is the current user verification process so bad?

  • What solution would you advise banks take when you login from an unfamiliar location?

    I think we've had to too lax for too long.

  • I dont mind a bank, but facecook? The site where people gossip about their travels wants me to download their 500MB app on my phone to verify me in order to post a silly picture on my game’s page. Twitter just banned my crypto-prices bot for the third time. I m not giving them my number again. I give up, this is sillyness, and i notice growing resentment from people too.

  • I think everything you're complaining about is a good thing to be honest.

  • For a bank. I really don't mind that level of security.