If credit card numbers are public information, would all members of this
list please send their card numbers to the list:-)
Ian W
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Roland Perry
Sent: 04 July 2002 07:26
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Credit/Debit Card Details
In article <[log in to unmask]>, Claire
Park <[log in to unmask]> writes
>I was quite alarmed to find that all my card details
>were printed on this particular receipt, are there any moves afoot to stop
>this happening?
What people don't realise is that card numbers are public information
(in the sense that it's not a secret) and that they should be more
worried about proper systems to detect and redress abuse, than
needlessly worrying about disclosing the number.
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Roland Perry
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