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		seanp2k2 on Aug 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: After 10 years of experiments, custom use... Reading these over the phone to dinosaur financial institutions is pretty unfun though. I was doing something similar with generated usernames, had to call in to reset my password because some places operate like it's still 1983, and the person helping me probably thought I was nuts with my 30+chr random username.

reaperducer on Aug 15, 2022 [–]

Sounds like you use Bank of America, too!

I had to read my e-mail address to someone there just last week.

spcebar on Aug 16, 2022 | [–]

I had this experience with a different bank (with an embarrassing email address). I wonder if there's some compliance thing here for banks.

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