At 5:36 PM -0700 10/6/2011, Al Poulin wrote:
Is there technology whereby vendors provide security on credit card checkout transactions with no "https" or padlock appearing on the browser window, whether Safari or Firefox?
Yea. The initial page(s) are unencrypted, but the form's POST operation is done via SSL (https).
They do this because driving a whole session via SSL is a much heavier load on their servers.
IMO, it's not a very good way to do things, as the initial pages can be spoofed and the user will never know it. :\
Just... use common sense. NEVER click on any link in any email unless you *KNOW* the email is legit. And before clicking, *always* take note of the actual URL, in the tooltip, to make sure it's sending you to the legit site. When in doubt, use your browser bookmarks to get to the site...
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