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I've but one problem with it: I don't have (or accept having) an Debit Card. Here (US) they're often combined with an ATM card and I make sure that capability is not available
Personal experience, even longer ago than yours, was with a bank card "accidentally" being charged four times for a trip to the Caribbean (air, food and lodging). They were listed back-to-back on the same bill and probably had to do with a sticky key or fat finger - but it ruined use of that card until all was straightened out (a month). It was, however, not my money being held but that of the charge card company. My bank account (and thus my checks) were all working properly because the account wasn't drained. The CC company will work much harder to get their own money back. I like that degree of isolation from the spending, sticky fingers, and my money-hoard.
Also, these days, I get a % back from the CC companies on everything I buy. $hundreds/yr.
One-time use numbers would be a nice add-on for the CC's and I think that's available from some banks - I guess I should check what I have available. Foreign currency transactions: some of the cards don't charge a fee - others charge a lot - converting to/from $'s.
So long as I can maintain my perception/philosophy that they work harder for their own money than they will for mine when it comes to recovery and/or disputes.
UPDATE: More card issuers offering virtual card numbers to cut fraud risk - CreditCards.com[^] but I don't have any of the cards listed in the article (not that it's a new article or exclusive list).
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I can't thank you enough (just an expression) for validating that my somewhat paranoia enforced rules are, in fact, totally valid and for the right reasons (seriously!).
Even the bank info - and I don't let anyone have direct access to my checking account: money is only pushed to pay bills - no one pulls money . . . except for me.
And that pulling of money is another layer of security: the majority of my cash resources are in online bankS that have zero public face. Only the ability to push and pull money from my checking account. They do not know about each other. So - money is dispersed, has no public face and no direct access method to reach into them - only they do the reaching.
Still - if I were deliberately targeted for an identity theft I'm pretty sure I'd get stomped.
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It's a good thing she didn't use a bar of Lindt ... that would be pain au chocolat!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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You should never date girls from Lorraine. As Churchill said, the Cross of Lorraine is Doubly Cross.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: You should never date girls from Lorraine.
Or indeed girls called Lorraine as they can have a detrimental effect on your eyesight, as alluded to in song ...
"I can see clearly now Lorraine has gone ..."
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I wanna know... Have you ever seen Lorraine?
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I wanna know... Have you ever seen Lorraine?
Yes, I saw her up around the bend.
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She's a sweet hitchhiker.
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Are you implying she'll bring her twin sister and . . . ?
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At yeast she didn't knead you permission.
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Beurre side up?
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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My Welsh girlfriend really did hit me on the head with a frozen baguette once.
I surprised her in the dark on her way back from the freezer (in a dark and empty factory building).
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Between two points, it takes two seconds to be single. (9)
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That's 10 letters
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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When I read it, the deadline had almost passed, so the pressure caused a miscount!
But maybe it's right, and OG miscounted! Not that I can explain it adequately, but it does have dual and two i's, and div is used in orchestral scores to split a section, usually in two, and...you can see I'm grasping here.
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Nope!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Should bring back times new roman.
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Comic Sans - any day!
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- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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smoke and mirrors. misdirection.
they can't secure their servers and products anymore so they want us to focus on bloody fonts.
Microsoft....winning, as usual.
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So they're changing the default simply because they're bored with the old one? If they'd found a "better" font there might be some justification to it, but since the replacement font may well be worse, why bother? I fear we may end up with Typee McTypeface [^], as that seems to be what happens when you ask the public...
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