[678] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Credit Card privacy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Phillips)
Mon May 8 18:18:54 1995
Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 10:22:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Paul Phillips <paulp@cerf.net>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9505080634.ZM17537@akira.corp.sgi.com>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Mon, 8 May 1995, T. Jason Ucker wrote:
> As far as I can tell, they aren't using any security whatsoever to get their
> credit card numbers. Is this common, or am I missing something here?
It's common, though most places give you an option (in theirs it's "Call
me for Credit Card Information.") This is because the risks of sending
your credit card over the net are no greater than those of using it at
the department store.(*)
-PSP
(*)IMO.
