[British-cars] [TR] Not TR or BR but we need to know the Difference Between http: and https:

[Simon Matthews]

Some credit card issues allow you to create a one-time-use CC number. 
Citibank does this. You go online, run a small Java program that gives you 
a new number, expiration date and CVV number. This new number can only be 
used a very limited number of times.

Simon

On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, cfmtr3a at verizon.net wrote:

> I have a card through my credit union that I only use for online purposes.  It is a credit card, but I can add funds to it and it functions like a debit card.  No $ - No charge.  It actually allows me to set the credit balance and when it posts, there is automatic transfer from my account and the card resets at $0 credit.
>
> If someone snarfs it, the likelihood of getting anything is minimalized.
>
> Carl
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> Dec 10, 2010 04:42:01 PM, macartney.john at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>
> I confess to being a complete Luddite when  it comes to using my credit or debit
> card for 'Net purchases. The world and his brother assure me of secure servers
> et al but there's one key issue as I see it. While Big Business can probably
> afford to protect itself using any amount of security software and probably
> employ teams of IT people on humongous salaries, this may make *them* safe from
> unwanted depredations. I'm not in that position to throw money at my computer in
> protecting myself and if I very occasionally buy something on-line, it's done
> with the very greatest reluctance.
> There's much to be said for living in a hard cash environment but unfortunately
> more and more companies don't seem to want to do business that way.
>
> Jonmac
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