Re: Fwd: Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext?

From: Dale Harris (rodmur@maybe.org)
Date: 05/02/02 

Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 23:25:29 -0700
From: Dale Harris <rodmur@maybe.org>
To: vuln-dev@securityfocus.com

On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:02:20PM +0200, Peter Boutzev elucidated:
> I personally don't think there is more risk buying with a credit card,
> than with cash money.
>
> In most cases, the bank (or card issuer) gives you a reasonable delay,
> to check your past transactions (one month or so). If there is a fraud,
> the risk is covered by the issuer, as mentioned in the message bellow ...
>

In the US, credit card users are not responsible for charges above $50 that
they did not make. Important point to remember is that debit cards do not
have this protection, these are the cards that US banks issue that double
as ATM cards and VISA credit cards that deduct directly out of a personal
checking account.

Dale

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