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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Even these days I'm still kinda wary inputting my card details on internet lmao. And for good reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I mean, when you give them a number on the phone, the guy at the other end is just going to be putting the number in the same place the website does.

    When you pay in-store with a credit card, probably same thing.

    EDIT: Well, unless, for the last case, one's using a cryptographic-signature-based mechanism, like the smartcard chip or wireless authentication. But if it's a magstrip or someone punching numbers in...

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