Re: [mv] Sites using minivend

[cfm@maine.com]

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On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 12:22:11AM -0500, Michael R. Harper wrote:
> ******    message to minivend-users from "Michael R. Harper" <michael@processing.net>     ******
> 
> Do customers really buy things from MiniVend sites that don't have SSL?  Two out
> of three of the suggested sites in this thread (the one below is ok, however) have
> credit cards being entered on a http (non-encrypted) page.
> 
> Michael


Of course they do.  As far as the end customer is concerned, the
credit card is the real security mechanism.  I'm still just paranoid
enough myself so that I don't use my **debit** card online but use credit
card instead.  That's what credit cards are for.

SSL and other security mechanisms are for the protection of the merchant
bank and the merchant, not the end user buyer.  At least as far as
credit cards go, that is.  (There are all sorts of other more sensitive
customer data but the typical buyer is blissfully unaware of them.)

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