PayPal is a popular payment processing system that is used by millions to make purchases and transactions on the Internet. Much of PayPal’s appeal stems from the fact that its system supports user to user transactions. New PayPal accounts are limited automatically until they are verified. Limitations block certain site features and limits the amount [...]

Categories: The Web

Some websites or services let you sign up only if you enter a valid credit card. This can happen even if you have no intention of ever buying something from the service or website. Sometimes you may prefer not to enter your own credit card information on the Internet, and sometimes you do not have [...]

Categories: Amazon

If you thought it could not get worse with all the tracking and personalization on the Internet, then you have just been proven wrong. According to The Wall Street Journal and other sources, both Visa and MasterCard are planning to tie credit card purchases with personalized online advertisement. What does it mean? You recently bought [...]

Categories: Spyware, The Web

I just tried to make a credit card payment at a merchants website that was using 2Checkout as the payment processor. The process on first glance looked like any other checkout process on the Internet. I first had to enter my personal information, and then on a second page my credit card number, verification code [...]

Categories: Security, The Web

Have you ever tried to make a payment with your credit card that is a bit on the high side of things but still well within your limit? I do that once a year when I get my hosting invoice from Wiredtree. Well, to be precise, Wiredtree tries to charge the card directly. Still, it [...]

Categories: ghacks

When you make purchases on the Internet, you often have to pay by credit card. Sometimes there are other payment options available, PayPal or Google Checkout for instance. Without credit card though, you will end up with limited possibilities to shop online. Handing out your credit card on the other hand may be a standard [...]

Categories: ask the readers

Many Internet users, especially those that have social networking accounts, expose information about themselves but also friends and colleagues on the Internet. Everyone probably read stories in newspapers that cyber criminals are using those information to create false identities or trap friends and colleagues into thinking that they are actually someone they know. What has [...]

Categories: Security, The Web