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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Credit card carbons ("No, you can't have them")
Message-ID: <798@kitty.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 10:01:54 EST
Article-I.D.: kitty.798
Posted: Sun Feb  9 10:01:54 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 12-Feb-86 07:29:19 EST
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Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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> Something that concerns me more than the credit card carbons is all of the
> stores that now require that you have a major credit card in order to write
> a check!  And they copy all of the numbers onto the back of the check.
> Who knows who all has access to your check before it gets deposited.

	Come on, let's put this in perspective...  Just this of all the store
personnel who have access to your credit card number when you make an actual
credit card purchase!  There are some legitimate areas of concern about access
to credit card numbers as a result of carelessly discarded carbons, but other
concerns about the use of a credit card in a store authorized to accept them
borders on paranoia.  Let's face it, ANY employee of a store can gain access
by one means or another to more credit card numbers than they know what to do
with.

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