Uneducated web vendors

From: David Stevenson (debiddo@ihug.co.nz)
Date: 03/07/02

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    From: David Stevenson <debiddo@ihug.co.nz>
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 19:19:15 +1300

    I recently made a purchase on a webpage which has a secure server and
    everything, but the vendor then sent me a confirmation email containing
    the details of my order, including my credit card details in plain
    text!!!

    What is the point of having a secure server if you are just going to
    send a confirmation email message back to the person with their credit
    card details in plain text?

    I have only bought things from this site, and information services from
    another which seemed more organised. Is this sort of thing common on the
    web? Or are most web vendors a little more savvy?

    David

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