Sears has another chance to avoid closing down

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by lscharen on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @09:15PM (#18861743)

Re: Trust; I always found it a bit ironic back in the late 90’s/early 00’s that people would not trust ordering things over the Internet, but happily call a mail-order number and give a complete stranger (and anyone within earshot) their name, address and credit card number.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by ksec on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:12PM (#18862187)

Because the Phone Number, Mail-In Order Catalog and the Human Voice from other side of Phone are all Real World Interaction. With traces to be made that relate to Real World. On the internet Everything is virtual.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by rrdharan on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @10:08PM (#18861957)

Were they wrong though? I'd wager far more credit cards have been stolen via the internet than by eavesdropping?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by spurcell93 on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @12:15PM (#18866514)

Absolute numbers don't mean much in this context.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by rrdharan on Thursday January 10, 2019 @12:45AM (#18871794)

Why not? I’ll happily dictate my credit card number into my phone, heck I’ll throw open my apartment window and loudly yell my credit card number into the street, along with the expiration and CVV2, with zero fear that someone or something will actually be listening and recording it / writing it down.

By contrast I refuse to send my credit card number in an email or post it on a non-SSL site.

Guess which way I’ve only ever had my credit card number stolen?

[ Parent | on HN ]