Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 17:00:19 01/09/02
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On January 09, 2002 at 18:10:33, Sally Weltrop wrote: >nothing agaist Ed but his site does NOT have secured transaction. kind of wierd >considering it's 2002 & the potential for abuse abounds out there Okay, after the xx times the issue has come up again, I will bite this time... There is no abuse and I will tell you why I will leave things as they are although I fear it will be not satisfying or convincing for all but let me start with 2 firm statements: 1) These so-called "secured transactions" are a farce. 2) Believe it or not, my way of accepting orders is much safer than the so-called "secured transactions". Why? First of all you need to understand how an order on the Rebel page works, that is, you type the required info and then submit. From the information an email is created and directly send to my server all in a split of a second. My provider daily handles over 2 million emails. Now a hacker NEVER is going to search in million of emails, that is insane and total non productive. The volume of emails is a guarantee for that. No, hackers focus on those sites (protocols) where the REAL money is, the SAME companies who have introduced the "secured transactions". Millions of people daily order on-line via those companies, a real goldmine if the hacker is able to hack the protocol, tens of thousands of CC numbers are on the street. And how many times have you read such stories in the news? Too much I would say. Now since 1995 I am accepting on-line orders, no single case of fraud or hacking has taken place. All of this (as described above) has made me decide to stick to my way, because it is better. Futhermore my order page offers you (in case you still have doubts) to order by fax, I also provide a link to other companies who do support "secured transactions". Ed
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