Yeah, but if you're traveling on business all the time, and this happens, it SUCKS to have your credit card company cancel your card and want to send you a new one within "1 to 3 days." It's a huge hassle, not minor. Also, what's happened since this kind of thing has become popular (and easy to do), is whatever algorithms the credit card companies are using to identify potential attacks, has gotten way too diverse. I often find myself on the "false positive" end of such security holds. I get it if you're constantly using your credit card on weird sites but I don't. It's the algorithm. Damn the algorithm and damn these identity theft a**holes. I'd like to meet them in a dark alley at some point.
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Yeah, but if you're traveling on business all the time, and this happens, it SUCKS to have your credit card company cancel your card and want to send you a new one within "1 to 3 days." It's a huge hassle, not minor. Also, what's happened since this kind of thing has become popular (and easy to do), is whatever algorithms the credit card companies are using to identify potential attacks, has gotten way too diverse. I often find myself on the "false positive" end of such security holds. I get it if you're constantly using your credit card on weird sites but I don't. It's the algorithm. Damn the algorithm and damn these identity theft a**holes. I'd like to meet them in a dark alley at some point.