Why use Striata Readers?

GoB said:
Anyone know of a way to figure out / get hold of your old card number?

I collected all these encrypted statements, but now that I need to go back, I have no idea what the card number from 15 months ago was. The branch can't help me.

So the only way I can think of is to get 1 page from 15 months back at R55/page.

I tried to brute force the Striata reader but have to restart the process and send keys, so it's going to take about 10hours per million combinations... could take like 10 million hours and I'm not THAT stubborn.
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You are supposed to keep all documentation for 5 years for tax purposes.
 
GoB said:
Anyone know of a way to figure out / get hold of your old card number?

I collected all these encrypted statements, but now that I need to go back, I have no idea what the card number from 15 months ago was. The branch can't help me.

So the only way I can think of is to get 1 page from 15 months back at R55/page.

I tried to brute force the Striata reader but have to restart the process and send keys, so it's going to take about 10hours per million combinations... could take like 10 million hours and I'm not THAT stubborn.
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Are you sure it's not the same number as your current card? Often, if your card is being reissued because it's reached it's expiry date, the new card will have the same number as the old. It only changes if it has to be reissued because it was lost or stolen or whatever...
 
LazyLion said:
You are supposed to keep all documentation for 5 years for tax purposes.
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That's why I need to access the records which I kept... because SARS continuously harasses me even though I pay more than what is due without fail.

In retrospect it's easy to see that Std Bank decided to supplement the password with an auto-generated number to prevent brute forcing.
I didn't click that I use my card number and that old card numbers are not available anywhere - via online banking you can get account numbers, current card numbers, and passwords in clear text.
 
C4Cat said:
Are you sure it's not the same number as your current card? Often, if your card is being reissued because it's reached it's expiry date, the new card will have the same number as the old. It only changes if it has to be reissued because it was lost or stolen or whatever...
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Yea I got my card replaced so that I can do online purchases. I was as clueless as the branch staff... now I know that there's no such thing as a South African debit card with SecureCode (I think).
 
C4Cat said:
Are you sure it's not the same number as your current card? Often, if your card is being reissued because it's reached it's expiry date, the new card will have the same number as the old. It only changes if it has to be reissued because it was lost or stolen or whatever...
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Or changed from an ordinary card to a chip card or some or other new access method such as tap and go. And no, the tendency is for the number to change these days, even it is only the last 4 digits.

Speaking from personal experience in the last month. Got caught because my previous card and password changed and I did not have my little black book with me. Only then did I pick up that the last 4 digits had changed.
 
Ok it's more than 4 digits because I have the last 3.... but now I'm thinking if I could get the CDV calc I could waste more of my life :D
 
I got lucky, my 1st statement protected with the new card number (16 digits), listed a transaction with my old card number (9 digits) ... the old statements used only the 9-digit code.
 
Ivanr said:
I really question the sanity of these banks who force their customers to use this questionable Striata Reader application. When installed has been the cause of many OS issues. Nothing wrong with password protected pdf format.
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The banks use Striata because:
1) PDF password protected documents are easy to crack.
2) There seems to be no other alternatives or better software than Striata (or none that the banks know off). If you can write something better, visit the banks and charge a fee for every document that is encrypted. ;-)
 
WireFree said:
The banks use Striata because:
1) PDF password protected documents are easy to crack.
2) There seems to be no other alternatives or better software than Striata (or none that the banks know off). If you can write something better, visit the banks and charge a fee for every document that is encrypted. ;-)
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Yet Absa is perfectly happy to send me both every month...
 
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