On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:21 PM, drew wymore <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Ted Kubaska <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I find myself spending a bunch of time in coffee houses with wifi. I'm >> curious about the security. Most of the time I don't care. If someone >> wants to read my email, they're welcome to it. But what about a credit >> card purchase? I have not done it, but what if I bought something over >> the Internet using my credit card and the wifi at Bella Espresso or >> Jax? Would I be foolish to do that? >> -ted > > > All the protocol security issues/certs etc have already been brought up in > the thread which are all very valid and good points. What might consider > given the situation with everything involved between SSL certs for the > sites, open AP's and such is just purchase a reloadable credit card for web > purchases so that it someone does capture the information then you're not > going to end up having to deal with the problems associated with credit > reporting agencies or someone draining your bank account etc.
Or Visa and AmEx offer a one time use numbers for online purchases tied to the amount and business. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
