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Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by minot »

akerl_ wrote: post #11
mahouse wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you, this is a very valuable and useful comment.

My sarcasm detector is admittedly permanently broken thanks to years on IRC and forums, but just in case: It's useful because the steps a reader would need to take before being secure clicking through to a site identified in the submission title as "hacked" (I notice the title has been clarified since then) are non-trivial. I figured since I'd done them once, I might as well save additional folks the steps if they we…

I don't think grand parent was being sarcastic. In case they were, I'd like to add that I am sincerely thankful for the copy paste.

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by [deleted] »

akerl_ wrote: post #11
mahouse wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you, this is a very valuable and useful comment.

My sarcasm detector is admittedly permanently broken thanks to years on IRC and forums, but just in case: It's useful because the steps a reader would need to take before being secure clicking through to a site identified in the submission title as "hacked" (I notice the title has been clarified since then) are non-trivial. I figured since I'd done them once, I might as well save additional folks the steps if they we…

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Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by level09 »

carbocation wrote: post #20
klinskyc wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey, I'm actually the creator of the plugin. I'm amazed to see a picture of it on HN. Thanks for using it and let me know if you have any questions. If anyone else wants to use it, it's called Plain Text Offenders Alert and available in the chrome web store.

Great plugin. Link here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/plain-text-offende...

Interesting. how does this work? based on statistics/reports I guess ?

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by captn3m0 »

level09 wrote: post #23
carbocation wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great plugin. Link here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/plain-text-offende...

Interesting. how does this work? based on statistics/reports I guess ?

From the chrome webstore page:

>Disclaimer 1: Plain Text Offenders Alert is not associated with plaintextoffenders.com, it uses their publicly available database.

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by leni536 »

Credit card security is a joke. I shouldn't have to worry every time I give my credit card information to a website that they may leak it due to whatever reason. The information that I give out should be considered public information. They should require to always authenticate myself with the physical card (which is a smart card by the way). What's the point of the card otherwise?

It's not like I want to cover up for cvsphoto.com. I just find it ridiculous that if I give my credit card info to N website than the risk that my credit card info get stolen and abused is O(N) instead of O(1).

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by eli »

leni536 wrote: post #25

Credit card security is a joke. I shouldn't have to worry every time I give my credit card information to a website that they may leak it due to whatever reason. The information that I give out should be considered public information. They should require to always authenticate myself with the physical card (which is a smart card by the way). What's the point of the card otherwise? It's not like I want to cover up for…

You shouldn't be worried now. You don't pay for any fraudulent charges.

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by BinaryIdiot »

eli wrote: post #27
leni536 wrote: post #25

Credit card security is a joke. I shouldn't have to worry every time I give my credit card information to a website that they may leak it due to whatever reason. The information that I give out should be considered public information. They should require to always authenticate myself with the physical card (which is a smart card by the way). What's the point of the card otherwise? It's not like I want to cover up for…

You shouldn't be worried now. You don't pay for any fraudulent charges.

> You don't pay for any fraudulent charges.

If the thief is slick he / she may make small charges that you wouldn't immediately notice or at all if you're sharing the card with someone else (e.g. a significant other). It's also a HUGE pain in the ass.

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by zippergz »

eli wrote: post #27
leni536 wrote: post #25

Credit card security is a joke. I shouldn't have to worry every time I give my credit card information to a website that they may leak it due to whatever reason. The information that I give out should be considered public information. They should require to always authenticate myself with the physical card (which is a smart card by the way). What's the point of the card otherwise? It's not like I want to cover up for…

You shouldn't be worried now. You don't pay for any fraudulent charges.

It's still a major hassle when our cards get compromised and subsequently canceled by the bank.

I've had it happen when I'm traveling, and my primary card suddenly stops working. I always carry backups for this reason, but it's still disruptive and potentially embarrassing.

Also if I have a card on file for recurring payments or repeat orders, I have to go find all of those places and update it every time the card gets replaced. When it happens once, it's not so bad. When it happens two or three times a year, it's a headache. I finally took to having a single card that is used for ONLY recurring payments, with the hopes that it wouldn't get compromised and when the others do I wouldn't have to go through this whole exercise again. So far so good.

The bottom line is yeah, it doesn't cost me money, but it does cost me stress and time. I have better things to do with my time and energy than cleaning up after yet another compromise that happened through no fault of my own.

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