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by the_mitsuhiko 3742 days ago
Sounds like a problem with your bank. Mine prompts me for a token that is sent to my phone where it also shows me what transaction i confirm. In addition the iframe pops up a memorable message I can configure to verify that it's a frame from the bank. Even in the absence of ssl this would be safe.
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> In addition the iframe pops up a memorable message I can configure to verify that it's a frame from the bank. Even in the absence of ssl this would be safe.

No, they can do a replay attack on this setup when not encrypted

It's a transaction bound short lived one time token. Nothing you can replay.
The memorable message isn't.
Sure, but that memorable message is not really all that useful on a non SSL page, but it's also not particularly important from a security point of view.