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wraith808:
That's 90% of reason all use third party providers like paypal or gateways (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_gateway) which 'send' info when needed. Storing credit card numbers on your own servers is asking for trouble.
-rgdot (November 10, 2011, 06:25 PM)
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And Paypal stores credit card numbers...?
-wraith808 (November 10, 2011, 08:34 PM)
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Their defenses go beyond encryption on a web facing server and a SSL certificate, this is a case of going with better security infrastructure.
-rgdot (November 10, 2011, 08:58 PM)
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But anyone can be hacked.  And paypal has a less than sterling reputation of taking your money themselves in cases.  My point is, everything is relative, and if you're going to do business on the net, you take some risk no matter what you do.

Deozaan:
I changed all my passwords to unique passwords after the Gawker fiasco, so I'm not too concerned about the damage done here. Just gotta change my Steam password and the forum password once the forums are back up.
-Deozaan (November 10, 2011, 05:47 PM)
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Yeah... I just can't bring myself to manage that many passwords.
-wraith808 (November 10, 2011, 08:35 PM)
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Me neither. That's why I use a password manager.

Renegade:
Utter... complete... incompetence...  :-\

Steam are so utterly and completely incompetent... It astounds me.

I've ranted before about their incompetence before, but this takes the cake...

And yes - I got a "Your password was changed" email from them. I don't use anything from Steam, well, because they're incompetent and I can't. I've tried. Multiple times.

I suppose I should be thankful for that.

I wasn't impressed at having to create a support account to have my Steam account password reset. Sheesh. Wonder how long it is before their support servers get hacked...  :-\

wraith808:
I changed all my passwords to unique passwords after the Gawker fiasco, so I'm not too concerned about the damage done here. Just gotta change my Steam password and the forum password once the forums are back up.
-Deozaan (November 10, 2011, 05:47 PM)
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Yeah... I just can't bring myself to manage that many passwords.
-wraith808 (November 10, 2011, 08:35 PM)
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Me neither. That's why I use a password manager.
-Deozaan (November 10, 2011, 11:58 PM)
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I do too.  I still can't bring myself to manage that many passwords.  :-[  Especially since each must be entered into the appropriate game program each time in the case of MMOs- and I play a lot of them.

40hz:
I got tired enough of all the reported hacking of commerce sites that I opened up a separate no-fee checking account and got one of those MasterMoney debit cards to go with it. It's a special purpose account that is only used for online purchases. Most times it has a $10 balance. Anytime I want to buy something, I just transfer sufficient funds over to it from our regular account and use the MasterMoney card to make the purchase. No matter who gets hacked, or how badly, my maximum exposure is limited to what's usually in the account. Which is $10. So an NSF/overdraft notice would immediately alert me somebody's playing games.

And unlike announcements about hacked customer accounts, overdraft notices are ALWAYS sent out very promptly. No need to wait for a bank or website to 'fess up.

And because it's not a charge card, I can't run up a some huge high-interest balance I'll need to figure out how to pay for.  Automatic fiscal responsibility right there! Love it.
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