Hello Gene,

Monday, September 15, 2008, 7:53:21 PM, you wrote:

GB> On Monday, September 15, 2008, 4:23:31 PM, you wrote:

>> Or am I worrying about nothing?

GB> Maybe I've naive, but I've never had a problem with doing this. If
GB> you send your credit card number to the vendor, what happens to it
GB> after that? How does the vendor secure it?

GB> When I use a credit card in a restaurant, I give it to the waiter
GB> and he disappears for several minutes. Does he have a buddy back in
GB> the kitchen who collects these numbers for resale? I don't know, but
GB> I don't worry about it.

GB> Is the internet really any riskier than how I use the card every
GB> day?

It's called Web Paranoia and it's probably completely un-justified.
You're right in everything you say. Ultimately, we decided to just
conduct the transaction over the phone, a cell phone yet. Probably
being eavesdropped upon (cell phone paranoia).

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