[Gllug] security check

[Caroline Ford]

2009/8/10 pavithran <pavithran.s at gmail.com>:
> 2009/8/10 Lucy Peters <lucypeters at mail.com>:
>>. They must have been tapped
>> into my bank details when I did my online shopping.
> Are you sure that you use your card only on ubuntu 9.04 with guardog
> firewall set to default settings  ? Are you confident that you have
> never used your card on an Cash Machine / Machine at a shop etc .
>
> One more thing where did you do your online shopping  ? That site
> could have been a already compromised or phised site . Are you sure
> that the online shopping site is reliable ( I would trust amazon
> ,ebay but still use mostly paypal ) .
> Are you sure that your data went on an encrypted channel I mean when
> you were doing your online shopping , did you see a small lock sign on
> the right hand bottom of your browser ?
>
> If it is a good seller and you have some firewall and also if you have
> sent your card details on encrypted channel .. as far as my knowledge
> goes , the guy who did that must be pretty clever :D

It does sound like the least likely option. It is much more likely
that it was a dodgy shop or cash machine.

Caroline
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