I am a 25 year computer professional and I can tell you that I never have
gotten taken online, but hand that credit card to the front desk at a hotel
where they have your name, address, card number and the 3 digit code on the
back, and you are screwed. Has happened to me twice.
In Europe, when you pay for dinner the waiter brings a card scanner to your
table so the card never leaves your site. This could be done in the US for a
small amount of money.
Food for thought.
Craig
1972 Triumph TR6
Dec 10, 2010 11:41:57 AM, macartney.john@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I confess to being a complete Luddite when it comes to using my credit or
debit
card for 'Net purchases. The world and his brother assure me of secure servers
et al but there's one key issue as I see it. While Big Business can probably
afford to protect itself using any amount of security software and probably
employ teams of IT people on humongous salaries, this may make *them* safe from
unwanted depredations. I'm not in that position to throw money at my computer
in
protecting myself and if I very occasionally buy something on-line, it's done
with the very greatest reluctance.
There's much to be said for living in a hard cash environment but unfortunately
more and more companies don't seem to want to do business that way.
Jonmac
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