Growing calls are being made to create a better customer verification code for the purchase of railway ticket online in China, as many are concerned about the current system leading up to the Spring Festival buying rush.
為了防止搶票軟件(ticket-buying plug-in)的干擾,今年,12306網站再次升級,目前采用的驗證系統(verification system)要求用戶從8幅彩圖中選出符合要求的圖片(matching pictures with a corresponding description)。不過,很多有過網購車票的市民表示,圖形驗證碼的大小和種類(size and style)不僅增加了,圖片的清晰度(clarity)也不高,識別起來比較困難。有些關鍵詞還從一個變成了兩個。
此外,為防止黃牛黨(scalpers)囤票搶票(snapping up quantities of tickets)再以高價轉手(reselling them at inflated prices),12306近日開始執行手機“雙向核驗”(two-factor authentication),將手機號和身份證綁定,防止身份信息被搶注,驗證后可以用手機號登錄。
手機雙向核驗可以說成two-factor/dual-factor authentication with one's phone。
Two-factor authentication,也稱為2FA或2-Step Verification,即二元認證、或雙重認證。也就是在用戶名和密碼之外再加一道身份認證環節,例如一次性密碼(OTP, One Time Password)、手機短信動態密碼等。
“12月3日前必須在12306網站完成‘手機雙向核驗’”,你上周大概也因為這條消息而受到了驚嚇。
事實證明,這條消息系誤傳,12306的手機雙向核驗仍在繼續。
"The verification code ... has beaten out 99 per cent of its users," one person commented online.一位網友發表評論稱:“驗證碼已經擊敗了全國99%的用戶……”
Another person asked: “How much did the railway company spend on this ... platform. It doesn't work. Call Jack Ma. Use his Aliyun system. I support Boss Ma purchasing the railway company,” another wrote on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter.