@ Linda – You’re could be very well a successful case study of the article you mentioned :) About ID theft, well said – the keypad lock, the green bar… people I know even don’t know what’s the difference between the keypad lock/green bar to the regular URL bar. This lack of information could cause security risks later on. Thanks for your insights.

Sigh, I hear the most preposterous id theft stories. And it seems the more careful we are the more clever the criminals become.

That’s when I started noticing sites that display authenticating SSL certs and learned more about Extended Validation SSL. The first time I saw the Green URL bar was at Schwab looking through my portfolio the next time was at PayPal. Now I check every site before digging in my wallet for my credit card.

I wish every business would make as obvious as seeing the keypad lock or the green url.

and please tell people NOT to CLICK from their email to a retail site… such fraud potential.

Thanks again for another enlightening article.

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