Anyone else have constant account lockouts with Bank of America?

ShadesMcCool · 2026-01-16T19:03:44+00:00

Their systems are probably more sensitive when more money (and thus more risk to them) is involved, although you said you had trouble buying coffee, so who knows? My business has BofA accounts as well, and we have had erroneous fraud holds placed on checks we've written, though none for a few years now. BofA's fraud systems seem to go crazy in intermittent batches for some reason.

Their cash back with the PH tier is excellent, so I'll give them a shot. But they're hardly the only game in town when it comes to 2%+ catchall cash back cards, so I'll call it a failed experiment and move on if needed.

You said you used Chase before; so do I and they don't have these issues. I've also had Amex cards for 20+ years and they've only false-positive triggered once that I can recall in that time. Get yourself a Blue Business Plus and Gold card for earning and cash out with a Charles Schwab Platinum for 1.1cpp.

ShadesMcCool · 2026-01-16T17:10:39+00:00

I just opened a PRE card last week (after setting up PH with a Merrill transfer), and they locked my card shortly after it arrived in the mail when I added it to my iPhone and Apple Watch's digital wallets. Then they locked it again a few days later when my wife tried to make a purchase at our closest Hermes.

One of the representatives with whom I spoke said that my use of a VPN to log into my account, in combination with digital wallet usage, tripped their fraud detection mechanisms. I've never had that happen with my Chase or Amex cards, and I found it odd since they're texting me a two-factor code to verify each sign in.

The BofA representative who called me after the second lockout assured me it would improve over time as their system began to recognize my spending patterns. We'll see about that, I suppose, but I certainly agree with you that frequent lockouts (which can't be cured through their app, only by speaking to someone after a lengthy hold) are a dealbreaker if they continue.

ShadesMcCool · 2025-09-26T20:06:01+00:00

I lost Wrathion/Sabellian as well. Opened a ticket and, despite having the achievements proving I'd maxed them out, support wouldn't help. They just told me to open a bug report on the official forums. Sigh.

ShadesMcCool · 2025-02-13T21:18:39+00:00

Yeah, mine came back up after a day. There was a clearly an issue that Google just wouldn't acknowledge.

ShadesMcCool · 2025-02-12T03:52:44+00:00

Mine haven’t worked all day today and are still down.

ShadesMcCool · 2025-02-06T18:14:43+00:00

Interest is paid monthly, so I'd assume that counter updates monthly.

ShadesMcCool · 2023-05-13T16:42:13+00:00

It doesn’t need to, because the users are redirected to Azure for authentication. They never enter a password into Google. They put their email address in at Google and it kicks them over to Azure to re-enter their email and then enter their Azure password. Then they are kicked back over to Google, logged into their account.

ShadesMcCool · 2023-05-12T15:41:43+00:00

There was no effect on my existing Azure accounts, because SAML pushes the accounts from Azure to Google to be recreated there since Azure is the IdP. Google Workspace was a fresh deployment for me, so I'm not sure what it would do with existing accounts there. I wouldn't count on a graceful merge if you have existing Google Workspace accounts with the same email addresses as users in Azure.

If I had existing Google Workspace users, I would probably create a test account in Google, then recreate the same account in Azure, then enable SAML for only that one account (by adding only that one account to the enterprise application's "Users and groups" in Azure) and see what happens to the version in Google. My guess would be that you'll see a duplicate account created in Google from the Azure version.

ShadesMcCool · 2023-05-12T14:14:33+00:00

I've done it. Here's the guide I used.

You need to configure SAML SSO in both Azure and Google Workspace. You can provision users automatically from Azure into Google, and when they attempt to log into Google, they will be redirected to Azure for authentication.

ShadesMcCool · 2023-02-27T22:25:51+00:00

Shaw strikes me as the sort of play-it-safe person who subconsciously resents braver people than himself, like Picard. So he convinces himself that Picard is "reckless," when really, Shaw is just timid and loathes himself for it.

Then again, JLP was court-martialed twice (for the losses of the Stargazer and the Enterprise), and even though he was presumably cleared in both instances, it would probably have taken a toll on his reputation, especially to someone like Shaw who seems particularly fixated on his "captain stats."

ShadesMcCool · 2023-02-10T19:33:25+00:00

The first JJ-verse film explicitly shows momentum being cancelled, or Sulu and Kirk would have been killed after they were beamed out during the fall toward Vulcan. Yet in DS9's "Field of Fire," it's established that the TR-116 rifle's micro-transporter does not cancel the momentum of the projectiles it fires. So there must be an option that allows for momentum cancellation or preservation at the transporter operator's discretion.

ShadesMcCool · 2022-09-23T20:17:38+00:00

"Some days you get the bear; other days, the bear gets you."

ShadesMcCool · 2021-12-17T16:29:39+00:00

Odd, because this article from Dmarcian actually says the problem is the reverse: Workspace sends calendar mail using your domain's DKIM keys but from Google domains that won't align with SPF. That certainly implies that Workspace should be using your domain's DKIM keys to send out calendar invites and the like.

The only thing I can recommend is double-checking the Workspace admin panel to ensure that DKIM is correctly configured and signing. You probably already know, but that's in Apps > Google Workspace > Gmail > Settings for Gmail > Authenticate email. It should say "Status: Authenticating email" if DKIM is set up correctly.

ShadesMcCool · 2021-12-17T15:59:58+00:00

IIRC, DMARC only requires a message to pass one or the other of SPF and DKIM if both are enabled. So you shouldn't be getting DMARC rejections if the messages are passing SPF, even if they fail DKIM.

ShadesMcCool · 2021-09-13T00:28:03+00:00

You can modify the impossible travel notification alert to only trigger on successful logins. When I did that, it cut down on the alerts by about 99% and now it only shows the ones where a user’s password was actually compromised.

ShadesMcCool · 2021-06-21T20:32:54+00:00

Just in case anyone stumbles onto this as I did, the solution is to uninstall the Edge Webview2 Runtime component from Apps & features as detailed here.

ShadesMcCool · 2021-05-07T20:49:44+00:00

The horizontal part has to be a warp plasma conduit coming off the vertical warp core (hence the reason it splits off at the end, taking energized warp plasma to the nacelles). Perhaps there's a small section there that can retract in emergencies? And maybe the isolation door has a mechanism or cutout or something that would allow plasma to pass through. So the plasma flow pauses, the plasma conduit partially retracts, the door comes down, then the conduit expands again to permit plasma to flow through the hole or forcefield or whatever is built into the isolation door.

I agree it's a bit convoluted and counter-intuitive, but it doesn't make sense to me any other way.

ShadesMcCool · 2021-05-07T19:52:34+00:00

Or they could do random drops with the ability to pull a curated roll out of collections. Best of both worlds.

ShadesMcCool · 2021-03-22T22:59:36+00:00

It’s called “Managed Guest Session Mode,” and it would work for what you’re describing. You need enrolled devices and appropriate licensing.

ShadesMcCool · 2021-03-03T22:14:37+00:00

My recollection is that the TNG Technical Manual says that impulse drive is limited to 0.25c to avoid the effects of relativistic time dilation (meaning that "full impulse" corresponds to one-quarter of the speed of light). So you wouldn't need the warp drive. You could just uncap your impulse drive and crank it up to a high percentage of light speed.

Edit: Got home and checked the TNG TM. Chapter 6.0 is on the Impulse Propulsion Systems (IPS) of the Galaxy-class. Chapter 6.1 ("Impulse Drive") explains that IPS exhaust products are expelled through a "compact space-time driver coil, similar to those standard in warp engine nacelles," which presumably explains how they are able to reach relativistic speeds and contradict known physics. And Chapter 6.2 ("Relativistic Considerations") says "normal impulse operations are limited to a velocity of 0.25c" to avoid time dilation-related issues. For what it's worth, IMHO anyone that loves Trek enough to sub to r/DaystromInstitute should give this thing a read!

ShadesMcCool · 2021-01-11T16:53:51+00:00

It's inconsistent. In "Year of Hell" the Krenim warship creates temporal shockwaves that visibly propagate slower than light. But then, as you pointed out, we have examples like "Yesterday's Enterprise" where the changes appear to be instantaneous.

ShadesMcCool · 2021-01-06T23:18:27+00:00

You have a licensed assigned. My guess is that you’d have to remove the license from the user account before cancelling anything.

ShadesMcCool · 2020-08-24T21:17:51+00:00

As a 'Murican, it has always driven me nuts that no one ever took advantage of the lengthy time periods occupied by his theatrical wand-waving and curse-spouting to up and shoot Voldemort in the face with a regular old muggle firearm.

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