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To: Lynn who wrote (14046)1/28/1999 10:24:00 AM
From: QwikSand  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
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I would appreciate it if someone could post a link to any article or study that showed how much credit card information was actually hijacked from the internet and illegally used in some recent period, compared with how much was stolen out of trash bins and manual copying during store sales.

My opinion is that the myth of hackers watching your every move on the internet to steal credit card information out of web forms and email directories is an urban legend. (The government, maybe. Hackers, no.) It's only a little less fanciful than the "don't flash your lights at a car coming the other way or they'll shoot you" story, or the one that goes "I heard about this guy who picked up a girl in a bar, took her to a hotel room, and woke up in a bathtub full of ice with a note on the wall that said you are missing a kidney so call 911".

Though those are absurd on their face, I've met people who honestly believe them and will vigorously defend their veracity. I'm telling you: people want to believe ghost stories.

There are plenty of hackers trying to break into computers, no doubt. And some of them will steal data when and if they get in.

Still, they represent by far the least significant of all the various genuine threats to your credit card security.

Regards,
--QwikSand
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