A question for the IT wise

[LizStreithorst]

Since the NASCAC was down 50 points today (I hope they said 15 and I just misheard the radio) have any of you gotten more careful about internet security?  I haven't yet but I have started thinking about it.  NADAC's investors are taking it very seriously.

[Mugwump]

Are you referring to NASDAQ down about 50 pts??......internet security?.....always careful..

[LizStreithorst]

Sorry I misspelled it.  I don't read news, I listen on the radio.  Besides, I'm dyslectic and can't spell to save my life.

Have you gone as far as to wrap your cell phone in foil or covering your wallet in foil in case someone with ill intent scanned your credit  card numbers?  I don't do anything like that.   

The business people who invest their money in the NASDAQ are worried.  I know that they're worried about money and I'm thinking about personal security.  The commonality is that both are to do with internet privacy laws.

[Mugwump]

Sorry I misspelled it.  I don't read news, I listen on the radio.  Besides, I'm dyslectic and can't spell to save my life.

Have you gone as far as to wrap your cell phone in foil or covering your wallet in foil in case someone with ill intent scanned your credit  card numbers?  I don't do anything like that.   

The business people who invest their money in the NASDAQ are worried.  I know that they're worried about money and I'm thinking about personal security.  The commonality is that both are to do with internet privacy laws.

Right now the market seems to more influenced by foreign behavior, that that here at home....oil pipeline spill, Texas oil spill....nary a move in the Dow...Putin burps, or Iran builds a ship mock up...boomba...the traders lose their minds....it's crazy...but the issues surrounding net neutrality are a bit worrisome for sure....a multilateral nations commission over seeing the internet here at home is scary.... the web as we know it will likely suffer from such junk happenings...
Heck, they haven't even finished updating/refining the copyright laws yet.....

[JR]

I don't worry any more. I did at one time I had my pay-pal account wiped out and my criedt cards maxed out. It only took one mistake on my part when I was on line. I was buying things all over the world. That was a hell of a ride. It cost me a lot.It took 2 years to get that mess fixed. So I no longer have a pay-pay account and no criedt cards. I pay with cash or money orders. If I cant pay cash for it I dont get it.

[PaulineMi]

Lifelock protected me from a $6000.00 fraudulent use of my credit card on Vegas dot com. It was traced back to China. 

[ilroost]

Jr, no paypal here any more for the same reason

[EdKaz]

 I too went on a spending spree......in CHINA shortly after an online purchase that I DID initiate. LUCKY for me it was caught quickly and my card was cancelled, before I even knew it.

Anymore, My pay pal account is tied to a checking account/debit card that carrys a balance just big enough to keep it open ($25).

If /when I want to buy something online I toss just enough into the account to cover it

[Ron Sower]

Now you guys got me thinking about it.  I don't buy much on line though, but was thinking how convenient it is with Amazon and eBay. specially now that i'm mobility challenged for the next 6 weeks.

[LizStreithorst]

I'm rethinking, too.  I always thought that by paying with a credit card on PayPal was safe.  Apparently not.  Not quite sure how far I'll go with protection.  I'll start using money orders more, to start.

[Mugwump]

PayPal works fine if you do like Ed does(me too)....I never keep a big balance in there unless buying something....never had an issue, plus I keep my PP dollar limit set low too... Buying on Amazon/ Ebay...I use a 'Paypal' or an account that never has much in it...really....LOL...plus my bank account is set for a certain amount per day, unless I call/visit and set up a larger expenditure......