Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have to admit that I too was hesitant about the security of internet shopping and releasing personal information, as well as the fact that registering at PayPal was the first and only time I used my credit card over the internet. However, I cannot believe that a business which deals strictly in financial transactions (and one that supposedly is backed by Deuche Bank) would be any less secure than a cyber store. Registering at PayPal is the same as shopping at Joeschlock.com, in both cases it is done by email. Joe - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Howard" <howard.390@osu.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Pay Pal payments > Joe Codispoti jotted down the following: > > > Paypal essentially is a "middleman" that allows the buyer to pay with a > > credit card directly to the email address of the seller. > > I would advise anyone NOT to send their credit card information over regular > email to anyone. It is not secure, it is not encrypted, and can bounce of a > large number of different machines (with the ability to be stored or read on > any one of them) before reaching the intended recipient. > > Secure Internet servers at shopping sites are one thing, but regular email > is a very different beast altogether. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | All wiyht. Rho sritched mg > email: howard.390@osu.edu | kegtops awound? > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------- > > >