On Monday, September 15, 2008, at 3:23:31 PM, Jack S. LaRosa wrote: > I need to send credit card info to a vendor in payment for a part yet > to be shipped. Is there an easy way to encrypt the info so it can't be > read if it's intercepted in transit and yet *can* be read by the > recipient? Or am I worrying about nothing?
The easiest way, if you have a fax machine, is to fax him the information. That's a straight phone-line connection, not networked, so the probability of anyone being able to tap into it is very small. In addition, the image format that fax uses is pretty effective as an encryption measure even though it's a published standard. A casual snooper isn't likely to have the necessary tools... -- Jim Kyle Using The Bat! v3.85.03 on Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A with AntiSpamSniper Version 2.7.1.5 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.24.0 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
