I've used my own internal DNS caching servers that also allow me to define specific addresses for specific hosts, for example, when the PS4 was announced the Sony Dash servers were all blocked due to some stupidity on Sony's side moving the resolution address to some DDOS blocking service. The old host/IP was working just fine, so setup my own definition and voila!
I stopped using comcast DNS servers years ago, and have avoided many an "outage". I remember several large DNS outages on comcast that I was completely unaware of for hours or days, until some mention came up. I have been using OpenDNS mostly, but I fall back to the google DNS servers if something there flubs up
proprietary stuff like this in cars is a bad idea. Look at all those cars from 200x that had startacs integrated... how dated. It may seem inconceivable for apple to disappear before the end of life for the car, but apple had no problem changing their connector cable and obsoleting millions of add on devices. There needs to be something platform agnostic.
Your credit card gets compromised and you lose no money, the bank is the one whose money is being withheld. Your debit card gets compromised and your money is in limbo until the problem is resolved. If you happen to have multiple transactions bounce because your balance has been compromised, you will be in a world of hurt for weeks or months.
So since the topic is CREDIT cards, that is the topic.
Easy solution. Don't use a debit card. Debit cards are a Bad Idea and are completely unnecessary. Use a credit card or use cash. Plenty of banks will give you an ATM card with no debit card features if you ask.
This puts the risk entirely on the consumer side. They have to monitor their account daily now.
Your debit card is somehow compromised, someone makes a purchase with it that takes your account to well below the balance you expect to be there, your rent is due and has been set to be paid and the balance in your account is hundreds less than you expect it to be. Rent bounces, you're charged a fee. Or better yet, your bank approves the rent to go through and you are negative, all your other charges go through for lunch, for groceries, whatever. You get hit with fees for all these transactions. Then you have to fight with the bank.
Yeah, no risk at all.
This may sound hypothetical but I assure you, it's not.
When YOU use YOUR card, the risk may be identical. When someone compromises YOUR card, it's much better if that's a credit card because the risk is ALL on the bank.
If they compromise YOUR debit card, YOUR bank account gets emptied and you have to fight to get your money back.
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They already have free shipping at the $35 order mark, so... no.
Why do they need a level of protection?
Price and customer service are protection enough.
The so called apple interface was not much different to the palm interface
I've used my own internal DNS caching servers that also allow me to define specific addresses for specific hosts, for example, when the PS4 was announced the Sony Dash servers were all blocked due to some stupidity on Sony's side moving the resolution address to some DDOS blocking service. The old host/IP was working just fine, so setup my own definition and voila!
The likely cause is they are underpowered for the number of users who use them.
If you create an account they don't do the redirects
I use my own modem and my own router on Comcast, what's this about them forcing you to use their router?
I stopped using comcast DNS servers years ago, and have avoided many an "outage".
I remember several large DNS outages on comcast that I was completely unaware of for hours or days, until some mention came up.
I have been using OpenDNS mostly, but I fall back to the google DNS servers if something there flubs up
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Remember these numbers
Do they speak English or French in Kannada?
The real problem is they can't find qualified people to work the hours they want them to work for a paltry income.
as long as you don't want to get anywhere
very few used different formats for connecting to your music, though.
right, those work flawlessly
very funny!
Turning a typo into a plus!
proprietary stuff like this in cars is a bad idea. Look at all those cars from 200x that had startacs integrated... how dated. It may seem inconceivable for apple to disappear before the end of life for the car, but apple had no problem changing their connector cable and obsoleting millions of add on devices.
There needs to be something platform agnostic.
No, it doesn't.
It ultimately might claim to, but while you are fighting to get your money back you can't use it.
That's fine. I'd much rather the problem be on the bank's side and not mine.
There's a tonne of difference between the two.
Your credit card gets compromised and you lose no money, the bank is the one whose money is being withheld.
Your debit card gets compromised and your money is in limbo until the problem is resolved. If you happen to have multiple transactions bounce because your balance has been compromised, you will be in a world of hurt for weeks or months.
So since the topic is CREDIT cards, that is the topic.
Not at all, you lose your credit card the ONLY hassle is getting another card.
What account?
In the US, very few credit cards are linked to any account but the line of credit.
Easy solution. Don't use a debit card. Debit cards are a Bad Idea and are completely unnecessary. Use a credit card or use cash. Plenty of banks will give you an ATM card with no debit card features if you ask.
That's the point!
I have credit cards from a credit union, Penfed, so yes they can do credit cards
Everyone is charged the 2-3% fee, credit and debit. In the US at least.
I have never had a credit card with an annual fee.
The only one that comes close is my Costco Amex, but the fee in this case is my costco membership.
This puts the risk entirely on the consumer side. They have to monitor their account daily now.
Your debit card is somehow compromised, someone makes a purchase with it that takes your account to well below the balance you expect to be there, your rent is due and has been set to be paid and the balance in your account is hundreds less than you expect it to be.
Rent bounces, you're charged a fee. Or better yet, your bank approves the rent to go through and you are negative, all your other charges go through for lunch, for groceries, whatever. You get hit with fees for all these transactions. Then you have to fight with the bank.
Yeah, no risk at all.
This may sound hypothetical but I assure you, it's not.
When YOU use YOUR card, the risk may be identical. When someone compromises YOUR card, it's much better if that's a credit card because the risk is ALL on the bank.
If they compromise YOUR debit card, YOUR bank account gets emptied and you have to fight to get your money back.