pam Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 With the holiday shopping season upon us and more people shopping online, here are some tips:ksl.com - Tips for shopping safely online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahone Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 (edited) A couple of additional points that the article didn't mention:- Don't use public wifi/public computer networks for anything sensitive, even if it's your own laptop/mobile device you are using. It's incredibly easy for anyone connected to the same network as yourself to steal your data as it travels from your laptop to the internet (and back), and there'd be no indication for you that it had happened. Having a firewall on your laptop won't help to protect against this. This applies to wired and wireless networks.- When people give the warning out saying "look for the HTTPS and the padlock to make sure it's okay", it can give some people a false sense of security that every website that uses HTTPS is okay. In reality, any website can use HTTPS and get a security certificate so that browsers won't alert you to a potential security risk. You still have to make sure yourself that uggsales.com (for example) is a valid and trusted company, otherwise they can still steal your details just as easily as you giving it to them on a piece of paper. Edited December 7, 2010 by Mahone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmoroniRM Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Best tip, send a SASE to me so I can do your shopping for you..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted December 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Just send me some Hawaiian Host chocolates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Yeh and you don't want to shop at an online store that is there one moment (prior to Christmas) and gone the next.. No customer service available, no valid return address, no response period! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Just send me some Hawaiian Host chocolates.Oh and here you go, Pam :]I had to beat Dravin to it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted December 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Forget it...I want the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted December 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Yeh and you don't want to shop at an online store that is there one moment (prior to Christmas) and gone the next.. No customer service available, no valid return address, no response period! You don't always know this though when making a purchase until it's too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bini Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Forget it...I want the real thing.Pam, quit being so difficult! You KNOW you want this!(searches for a more appetizing YouTube vid..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 This is my type of chocolate personally:Tell you what Pam, if I get any Hawaiian Host and you get the above, you wanna swap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmoroniRM Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Hand over the money and we'll talk ....I sound like a crazy kidnapper holding something for ransom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceofLight2000 Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Preloaded credit cards are completely backed by me. I used to use them all the time when my mom didn't want her credit info online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elphaba Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 I've only had one problem shopping online. I purchased a third-party product via Amazon, but never received it. Amazon was great about refunding my money. I use PayPal to pay for everything now. Has anyone ever had a problem with Paypal? Elphaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceofLight2000 Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 I've only had one problem shopping online. I purchased a third-party product via Amazon, but never received it. Amazon was great about refunding my money.I use PayPal to pay for everything now. Has anyone ever had a problem with Paypal?ElphabaI couldn't figure out how to work it, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted December 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 I've only had one problem shopping online. I purchased a third-party product via Amazon, but never received it. Amazon was great about refunding my money.I use PayPal to pay for everything now. Has anyone ever had a problem with Paypal?Elphaba Never a problem with paypal but phishing emails that state you need to log into your paypal account or it will be canceled. Looks just like the paypal website too. Paypal will never send you an email such as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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