Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: David Dyer-Bennet Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: US Sprint Visa/FON Card Message-ID: <2472@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 29 Dec 89 16:46:10 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: David Dyer-Bennet Organization: Terrabit Software Lines: 24 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 600, message 1 of 9 In article <2458@accuvax.nwu.edu> STEVEF%WALKER_RICHER_QUINN@mcimail.com (Steve Forrette) writes: :X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 599, message 3 of 9 :I asked them how they planned to provide security if every merchant :and their employees where I shopped knew my calling card number. :Perhaps they figure that the 2% or whatever they're going to pocket :off of the purchases will cover the fraud losses. Sounds pretty :stupid to me. Any thoughts? The merchant knows my credit card number anyway; that's worth a lot more in possible fraud than my fon card number. And by going to the right places, prarticularly airports, they can make phone calls with my credit card number anyway. Frankly I don't see a significantly increased exposure here. David Dyer-Bennet, ddb@terrabit.fidonet.org or ddb@network.com or Fidonet 1:282/341.0, (612) 721-8967 9600hst/2400/1200/300 or terrabit!ddb@Lynx.MN.Org, ...{amdahl,hpda}!bungia!viper!terrabit!ddb