Identity Theft Victim Gets Last Laugh

Ovid writes "Being a bit of a hypocrite, I sometimes whine about privacy in my blog. I do, however, try to be careful about not letting anyone get information about me they shouldn't and I rarely, if ever, use a credit card online. This is why I was surprised to find out one morning that identity thieves had racked up thousands of dollars one two of my credit cards. By early afternoon, I caught them and the police arrested them."

Comments

wow, he's so secure!

[GISGEOLOGYGEEK]

Come on!

'I rarely use my credit card online'

Like that matters in any way!

Why do so many people think online transactions are any less secure than any other kind of transaction?

Every time you use a card to order a pizza you are giving your name, card number and expirely date to some kid who may be in some gang for all you know, any time you use a card in a store the clerk could be double swiping it to copy the card info electronically or just copying the receipt information. Remember that time you didnt get your monthly bill? Surprise, some bastard stole your mail and has the card info.

Stop it already! If you use a credit card, you could have the info stolen, period!