Dear Waves,

A student demonstrated with his laptop how easily one could access another computer. The other students were amazed.
(He did not fully show us bad stuff. He showed us enough to show that it could be done, not that he would ever do it.)


Hubby does not trust the internet and so sends his bills in the mail.
I do not trust the U.S. mail.
Hence we have a difference of opinion.
I have encouraged him to use his credit card rather than write checks when possible.

Four people close to me had bank accounts stolen and wiped out and other bank accounts opened in their name and money somehow taken from those banks.
My sis had her social security stolen years ago. That was a big mess that continues.
And I met a guy a few months ago who has to carry an extra ID card so that the police do not arrest him. A weirdo used his name and information and got in serious legal trouble.

About 6 years ago when I last opened a bank account, the person at the bank filling out my paper work told me that someone in her apartment complex had been stealing mail from residents for months -- got credit card numbers and so on. I have no idea if she was telling the truth, but her story was compelling.

So these messes happened the old fashioned way -- stolen checks out of mail boxes, stolen drivers license info, . . . .


-->> How about paying by telephone?
Is using the phone to make payments better than using the internet?

M.