I agree completely. In fact, if I wasn't hung over and grumpy earlier I
don't think I would have said a word ;-)
Fergal
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 03:38:39PM +0000, Ivan Kelly wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 12:56:13PM +0000, Fergal Daly wrote:
> > Saying "anyone" can intercept your credit card number is a bit of an
> > exaggeration. It would have to be someone who had superuser access on one of
> > the routers between you and the bank's site and they'd have to be capturing
> > all traffic to the bank's site and analysing it for requests containing
> > people's card numbers.
> i agree saying anyone was a bit much but you have to ask yourself the
> question "do i want to give my credit card # etc. to someone who can't
> be bothered to get a secure cert". if they neglect to have a cert what
> else have they not bothered with?
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