On Oct 6, 2011, at 5:36 PM, 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? Would they be negotiating
digital certificates behind the scenes with no visible evidence of
that?
Example is cell phone vendor TracFone.
http://www.tracfone.com/
In answer to my query about their policy, TracFone claims they go "to
great lengths to implement technology and security features to
safeguard the privacy of your customer identifiable information from
unauthorized access or improper use…."
Al, I went to the site you mentioned, and like many other websites, the
security stuff comes in when you go towards the checkout.
So although you enter at
http://www.tracfone.com/
when you put in your shipping and billing info and make your purchase
you are in a secure zone:
https://www.tracfone-orders.com/blahblah/....
HTH,
Beverly
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