>>>I got a note with my Visa bill last month. They indicated that they guarantee any purchases made on-line. Not sure what that means exactly :-) But it is a big change from 1995 when they used to put at the top of every bill "Do not use your credit card on the internet".
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>>Goodness! They putted this? LOL! I also don't like to give visa # neither phone, nor fax,... I don't fishing for problems! :)))
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>Pablo,
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>Internet is probably the safest place to use your credit card...if it is a secure connection.

Most problems with security DON'T come during the transmission of data (a secure web-site). The biggest problem comes with hacking into a site, and viewing their stored data. That's an entirely different problem of security.