Allakhazam secure?Follow

And?

Danalog? You stealin' my CC number?

Verisign is behind on their payment processing.

Where did you get a link to that? It's an old certificate. The new one is at https://seal.verisign.com/splash?form_file=fdf/splash.fdf&dn=SECURE.ALLAKHAZAM.COM&lang=en

Just a word on these certificates, since this amazed me when I learned it. None of these companies actually verifies that you are secure. All they verify is that you are a legitimate company and not some fly by night setup. Verisign does not check anyone's servers and has no idea what our setup is to charge people. They just check to make sure you are actually registered where you say you are as a corporation. Personally I think it's kind of a scam. They charge us $200 a year to make a rudimentary check with the PA corporate bureau to make sure we are actually a PA LLC and then issue us a "secure" certificate. But without it your browser will pop up that we are not "certified", whatever that means.

Not that we need it, but the company that makes sure we are secure is Visa/MC. They won't let us charge things without meeting strict standards, and yet there is nothing saying we passed those. Go figure.

Just an FYI for those who are interested.

If you are using a credit card federal law provides very specific and broad anti fraud protections. Essentially, you are generally only liable for the first $50 of fraudulant charges. On top of that most banks and card issuers offer additional security protections bringing your liability to $0.

You do not have to pay fraudulant charges, and you will not be charged interet or penalties for disputed charges after you notify your card issuer until the issue is resolved. Most banks will even raise your credit limit the same amount of the charge while the investigation is ongoing to prevent any inconvenience to you.

DO NOT USE A DEBIT CARD for online purchases, while the laws for credit cards are very clear, debit cards are a little more murky, many banks and card issuers offer similar protections to credit cards but their obligation by law is much less. Furthermore, many banks will not refund the disputed charge to your checking account while they investigate it. Meaning, unlike a credit card you are without that money until the investigation is resolved, which could be several months

Guess I have to use my already over-loaded Credit Card for purchases

Thanks for the heads up.