At 5:52 PM +0200 5/30/03, Fidex Marketing wrote: ... >So for what it's worth, I don't think a lot of "ordinary" people really >choose to use credit cards for security. They just choose them for >convenience.
... Well, if only $50 (plus, granted, lost time & immense-hassle) of pain is felt if/when convenience wins-out over security, it tends to retard the development of adequate security-hygiene for other, more vulnerable, areas of their lives, unfortunately. Also, I disagree that chargebacks are unknown by average users. Adult sites (especially) see a lot of chargebacks, yet chances are the script-kiddie criminals who're stealing numbers can find all the porn they want, absolutely-free. This means ordinary users (as they have told me in conversations) are the source of a surprising percentage of fraud. (Another reason for them to use e-gold!) JMR PS: http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99993753 check that change carefully in the bar (I carry an LED flashlight!). --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
