Author: pavel
Date: 20:25:00 01/09/02
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On January 09, 2002 at 20:00:19, Ed Schröder wrote: >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 I agree that those so-called secured trasaction are not that secured and are more prone to hacks. But your way is nothing better either. But considering the alternative, I would stick to your way of trading, because it's less conventioanl. by the way, good luck on rebel century. You just gave me a reason to buy rebel century and rebel tiger (too). Pls, just dont port it under chessbase interface. ;) pavs
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