Author: Robert Ericsson
Date: 06:47:18 04/22/99
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On April 22, 1999 at 09:26:36, Bert Seifriz wrote: >On April 22, 1999 at 06:28:51, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: > >>Paying through the Internet has its risky sides, like paying cash and carrying >>money around. >>The real problem IMO is not the interception of e-mail -what chance is there >>really - but the security of the server you send it to. Anyone hacking a server >>can get access to these data. So it's important that the server is being >>protected and data are encrypted. >>Any solid retailer will provide security up to a level which keeps you away as >>far as possible from the danger of "hacking". >> >>Jeroen ;-} > >Who can hack our database server? NOBODY, because it is not connected to >the internet at all. >What we do is: call our email several times a day. The moment the email is >here, nobody could touch it any more. And who should intercept >billions of emails flying around the earth and just exactly find >YOUR credit card number and misuse it? You sooner win the 100 million >lottery jackpot! > >We think all talk about insecure email is complete nonsense, at least >as long as you pay at the next gas station with your credit card! >Why is it safe there by any means? How do you know that the attendant >does not sell all the data secretly each night to some crooks? Ever >thought about that? BS That's right. It's not you taking the risk but the bank. If the bank accepts to charge your card without a signature they will have to repay you if this ends up wrong. Actaully as simple as that :-) Robert
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