One thing I do is I keep only a "small" amount in the account I do any Debit Card transactions with. Most of the time it only has $300-400 in it. It is a hassle but I look at it as a sacrificial line of defense.
-pete On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. <w...@pacifier.com> wrote: > Fred James wrote: >> John Jason Jordan wrote: >> (omissions for brevity) >> >>> ... assume you are talking to an >>> idiot. >>> >>> >> John Jason Jordan >> No, I shan't assume that ... the usual cautions about eBay and PayPal >> apply, of course ... they have proved over the years to be somewhat >> infested, as one might expect from any such open bazaar. >> >> However, the real core of my advice is to (if you don't already) get >> into online banking, > Some experts advise exactly the opposite. > Last week, the PBS Newshour did a series of reports from DEF CON 18. > Some of the "experts" interviewed outright stated that online banking > was a huge financial security risk. > > Your mileage may vary. > > Wayne > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
