absolutely, but this of course makes e-business impossible. i avoid it myself, but it is awfully convenient. still, i do avoid it when at all possible because of security concerns. then again, even if you give them your credit card over the phone it may wind up in the same data base as if you'd used the web, and these have been cracked repeatedly. amazon.com amongst others have been hit before.
"Eric D." wrote: ------ > This presumes that you actually use your computer for purchases. I've given > out my credit card *once* and that was through e-mail and I used four > e-mails to send out various portions of the information. (mail order from > the US to Canada is usually too expensive because of customs bull****). > > The only things that are stored in the Apple's keychain DB are my @mac.com > e-mail accounts and the local network drive (all of which don't rank high on > my list of things to be concerned about). If someone really wanted to they > could break into my real e-mail addresses but even then they won't be able > to do much since our local mail server won't accept traffic from outside our > own domain (and, anyone stupid enough to "hack" from within the university > would promptly get fired/expelled... the beauties of firewalls and fixed IPs > (though, there are unused IPs that can be used... that's usually how I get > new computers up and running right away (instead of waiting a week or two > for the powers that be to get off their ass)). > > Safe computing demands that you keep your most important things in your > head, and away from the computer in a form that wouldn't make much sense to > other people. --------------- -- Philip Stortz, mad scientist at large. --Every 13 seconds an American gun owner uses a firearm in defense against a criminal. gun ownership deters crime, it doesn't increase it. gun control increases crime and cost lives. <http://www.pulpless.com/gunclock/framedex.html> -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
