Don't know how many are aware of this difference, but worth sending to any that do not...... What is the difference between http and https.
Maybe you already knew this, but I thought it was important enough to send even if you already know.
I didn't know this.
FIRST, MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF **The main difference between http:// and https:// is It's all about keeping you secure** HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transport Protocol,
Which is just a fancy way of saying it's a protocol (a language, in a manner of speaking) For information to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients. The important thing is the letter S which makes the difference between HTTP and HTTPS.
The S (big surprise) stands for "Secure". If you visit a website or webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely begin with the following: http://.
This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular 'unsecure' language. In other words, it is possible for someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with the website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the information you send to that site.
This is why you never ever enter your credit card number in an http website! But if the web address begins with https://, that basically means your computer is talking to the website in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on.
You understand why this is so important, right?
If a website ever asks you to enter your credit card information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://.
If it doesn't, there's no way you're going to enter sensitive information like a credit card number.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Difference between http and https
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
My nightmare of being a victim of credit card fraud.
Imagine my shock today when one of my credit cards was declined! I was way under my limit and I never pay my bills late and yet – I couldn’t pay for my propane with this worthless piece of plastic.
I called my credit card company and after waiting on hold for more than 1/2 hour I learned my account was closed due to massive fraudulent activities overseas. I hung up the phone in shock.
How could this happen to me? I shred or burn personal papers, I lock down everything personal, I have no less than 4 virus programs and 5 spyware programs running on all of my computers at all times, I scan everything carefully before I open it. How could this happen TO ME?
Since this is a card that I have never used online – I barely use it at all; my accounting program in my computer must have been hacked! Damage control – what do I do!
I gathered all of my account information and started calling banks, brokerage houses and credit cards telling my tales of woe changing accounts and locking everything I could down. Hours and hours wasted and no more fraud found.
All of my personal data is password protected and all of my accounts have different unguessable passwords. What about my other data on my hard drive? How deep would this identity theft go?
But wait! I don’t have my CIV numbers anywhere but on the credit card itself! I never used this card online so how can so many charges be made? I have to call the credit card company again!
15 minutes on hold and the fraud department tells me that a vendor who I used the card with had a security breach - they were responsible for the loss of data not me! Boy was I relived – although I wasted a day – or did I?
What I did find was recorded instances of my social security number in correspondences saved on my hard drive (now removed) and I put all of my account numbers into my accounting program - they are now all removed.
I also realized that in some cases my identity as the owner of an account was verified with my birth date and mothers maiden name – what a huge – immense security issue!
I have spent the rest of the day changing birth dates on social media sites such as MySpace, Facebook and more to a fictitious date. There is no reason for personal information such as this to be accessible by the world and whatever skivemeisters want to hack me.
How many of you have grandparents online or a family tree somewhere that can be found? How many of you grandparents have your kids online? What about the future?
Why does the clerk at my cellphone company have the right to know my last 4 digits of my social security number along with dozens of other underpaid people? Birth date and last 4 of my social gave me access to all of my other accounts. This is insane!
I have also deleted my profile from many places and will keep doing so until almost all of them are gone. I don’t want more web sites to have my personal information that can be used against me. Though these sites may have good intentions what if they get hacked? Will they pay me for the time it takes to lock down and change all of my clients information and they trust that they will lose in me?
As for friends on social sites: I generally don’t respond to any 3rd party applications (programs that are add-ins) and "causes" - Do you really know who these people are? Are you sure they represent the organization they say they are from and what if they and real and THEY get hacked? I am removing these also as quickly as I can. I suggest anyone who reads this does as well.
We live in a totally connected world and that’s great. I just don’t want to be connected to criminals or cyber-terrorists and neither should you.
Chris H
Owner of MyCrapMail.com and tons of other crappy sites
Monday, October 15, 2007
MyCreditCardCash.com - A New Way to Wealth? - No it is a scam
MyCreditCardCash.com - A New Way to Wealth?
Do you know what one of the wealthiest industries in the world is? The Credit Card Industry. Did you know that year after year, they profit billions of dollars?
The credit card companies also spends billions of dollars per year in advertising. Those annoying applications being sent to your house over and over again, the commercials, the bill boards, at colleges and almost everywhere else you go no matter where you are in the world!
Now that the internet is around, it is just one more way for the credit card companies to advertise. But this is where it gets interesting...
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Now, whenever someone goes there and chooses a credit card that they like, sign up and get approved online, you make up to $75.
After you set up a steady stream of traffic to your site, you could start doing 1,2,3 or even more credit card approvals per day! When you're getting up to $75 per approval, you could makes THOUSANDS of dollars per month off this simple idea!
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