Entries from April 2007
The Insecurity of Receipts and what you throw in the trash
In my travels I am still amazed at how many point of sale systems around the world still print people’s full credit card and expiry number on the receipts.
Most usually X-out all the numbers except the last 4 digits and the expiry date, which is good but even so, do they really need to [...]
Categories: security
The Security Message is Spreading
I overheard a conversation that put a smile on my face. A friend of a relative was talking to her about the internet and more specifically eBay, the tone changed very quickly as the first thing mentioned was how risky online transactions are.
“Oh, I never put any credit card details online, it’s not [...]
Categories: security
