Why do some banks do popups?

[Slarti]

With at least 2 banks that I am aware of, when you log into your account they open a popup window without the URL bar and so no padlock so that you can check for HTTPS.

Any idea why they would do something that appears to reduce your security?

Slarti

[paulnumbers]

http for me is increasingly becoming less attractive, tending to revert back to the alternatives (telnet, ftp, news/user groups, mail-lists, BBS ...etc.).

Well I have to ask, what pray tell are you using telnet for?

[Slarti]

I should have added, when any site does something like that, I close the popup and then right click on the link and open it in a new tab.

That way I can see what is going on, better. And I usually have a bigger window that the popups give.


Slarti