Is ordering via the Internet safe and secure?
Some people worry about the safety of using their credit card numbers on the web. But most of this worry is unfounded. Most web store owners offer what is known as a “SSL (Secure Socket Layer) server” so that information can’t be intercepted by cyber-hackers. All browsers have a built-in security feature which supports online ordering. Although, purchases via credit card from commercial online services such as CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy are perceived as safe, fear of hackers has kept people from giving out their credit card numbers over the Internet. Never mind that they cheerfully dispense credit information via portable or cellular phone where the transmission can be picked up by baby monitors and scanners. Never mind that convenience store clerks can copy down your numbers from receipts while business is slow. Whereas, using the Internet to order by credit card never exposes your number through discarded credit card receipts nor does it leave your possession (as it does
