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<blockquote data-quote="Kyle Weiss" data-source="post: 231266" data-attributes="member: 1969"><p>That's why I mentioned what I did about the third-party "apps" and software. They're little parasites. One false move, and it's almost as they speak on your behalf saying, "Sure, charge the sh*t out of me, I accept." :scratch: It's shady. </p><p></p><p>Also, don't give out your financial account numbers unless you're willing to take the risk AND you know exactly where they are going. Buying pipe tobacco? Okay, that's pretty easy and direct. Buying access to some stupid bird game on Facebook with an address in China? Okay, that's asking for trouble. </p><p></p><p>As long as you get your cash back, you're ahead of the game. Going out and prosecuting and punishing is a waste of time. There's no sheriff in the Digital Wild West, and what few cops and agencies that specialize on this stuff are going after the big hackers and fraud criminals, not some piddly-ass outfit in the Cayman Islands. *shrug* Sad but true. The best defense is to be a proactive, stingy, paranoid bastard about what exactly is done online. I've been on the Internet in some fashion buying stuff, chatting, hanging out for the better part of two decades and have never had a problem. I don't get viruses, malware or ripped off. *knocks on wood* I know what to do and what not to do, and some people are far too trusting with their computers and what they say, do or transact on them. Disturbingly so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kyle Weiss, post: 231266, member: 1969"] That's why I mentioned what I did about the third-party "apps" and software. They're little parasites. One false move, and it's almost as they speak on your behalf saying, "Sure, charge the sh*t out of me, I accept." :scratch: It's shady. Also, don't give out your financial account numbers unless you're willing to take the risk AND you know exactly where they are going. Buying pipe tobacco? Okay, that's pretty easy and direct. Buying access to some stupid bird game on Facebook with an address in China? Okay, that's asking for trouble. As long as you get your cash back, you're ahead of the game. Going out and prosecuting and punishing is a waste of time. There's no sheriff in the Digital Wild West, and what few cops and agencies that specialize on this stuff are going after the big hackers and fraud criminals, not some piddly-ass outfit in the Cayman Islands. *shrug* Sad but true. The best defense is to be a proactive, stingy, paranoid bastard about what exactly is done online. I've been on the Internet in some fashion buying stuff, chatting, hanging out for the better part of two decades and have never had a problem. I don't get viruses, malware or ripped off. *knocks on wood* I know what to do and what not to do, and some people are far too trusting with their computers and what they say, do or transact on them. Disturbingly so. [/QUOTE]
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