{"id":29867,"date":"2012-04-02T15:39:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T15:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=29867"},"modified":"2012-04-02T15:39:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T15:39:47","slug":"daves-computer-tips-online-credit-card-security-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/daves-computer-tips-online-credit-card-security-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave&#8217;s Computer Tips: Online Credit Card Security \u2013 part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cc_security.jpg\" alt=\"online credit card security\" title=\"online credit card security\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29608\" \/><\/p>\n<p>by Dave Hartsock for Daves Computer Tips<\/p>\n<p><em>This is the second of a three part series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>OK . . . you\u2019ve decided that you want to make your purchase from AcmeExplosives.com (after all, Wiley Coyote gets his dynamite from there, so he trusts it).<br \/>\nAnd it has an SSL Cert that you\u2019ve checked out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davescomputertips.com\/2012\/03\/credit-card-security-part-1-encryption\/\" target=\"_blank\">(Part 1)<\/a>.  So what\u2019s this \u201clayered security\u201d business and what more do I have to do?<\/p>\n<p>Well, how far you want to go on this really depends on how much you want to use the particular vendor and also how much you want to protect your credit card account number.  There may come a point where further scrutiny just doesn\u2019t make sense.  Drop it and either reach a comfort level with the site or go on to the next one.  Each of us may have different levels of scrutiny we want to apply.<\/p>\n<p>A good guideline is expressed in this quote:  \u201cBetween the extremes of caution and blissful ignorance, there is some comfort point, which will be different for everyone.  I choose to run some risks, if they entail compensatory advantages, while avoiding others. \u201d (I got that from somebody\u2019s signature in a security newsgroup years ago, but it certainly rings true still.)<\/p>\n<p>You definitely want to make sure that at least you implement the SSL check in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davescomputertips.com\/2012\/03\/credit-card-security-part-1-encryption\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1<\/a>.  If the site handles the transaction (as opposed to redirecting you to PayPal)  and doesn\u2019t encrypt your purchase transaction, that\u2019s IT!  Don\u2019t make the purchase there from that site.  You need go no further.  When you\u2019re on the checkout page, look up at the address bar . . . no SSL, just close out the tab\/window and certainly don\u2019t press \u201cSubmit\u201d.<br \/>\nSo what about if it transmits via SSL?  Is that enough?  NO!  Remember those unscrupulous CA\u2019s?  <\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davescomputertips.com\/2012\/03\/online-credit-card-security-part-2-trust-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article continued here<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>This excerpt is shared with permission from davescomputertips.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cc_security.jpg\" alt=\"online credit card security\" title=\"online credit card security\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29608\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Part 2 &#8211;Everyone knows you buy things online, mostly by credit card. We enter those numbers in the box on the website and a box magically appears at your door a few days later. So simple. Instant gratification. What happens to the credit card numbers you enter? 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