I had an interesting phone call this afternoon. It seems that Heritage has taken notice of my little hack. I spoke with a guy called John (who’s the General Manager of Technology) who asked me politely to take down the links so I have removed them.
There were a few reasons for the request, the most significant being that using my hack could remove the protection offered to you under the EFT Code of Conduct. The point is that the onscreen keyboard prevents keyloggers from recording your password and by allowing you to enter your password using your keyboard you could expose your password to a keylogger. If your account is compromised as a result then you might not be covered by the EFT Code of Conduct because you were (at least partially) responsible for the compromise by bypassing the “security” provided by the onscreen keyboard.
If you know what security is and understand what the implications of bypassing the keyboard are, drop me a line and I’ll send you the script. However, if you’re not sure if your computer is secure or has been compromised just stick with the onscreen keyboard.
