Friday morning: A day off . . .

[liamstliam]

1. I do feel a little guilty about having Good Friday off, even though I am not a practicing Catholic. [It's hard to explain. I believe in much of the Catholic/Christian philosophy, but I believe in other thinsg too. I do not go to church at this point, so the point of the day is sorta lost.

2. I think the plan for today involves driving the back roads of Vermont on my way to Rutland to hit the health food co-op and a couple of other places. I will haul the camera out, I think. I do need to go get pictures of the lambs on Route 29.

3. Here are the Hugo nominations if you have not seen them. I have to wonder about John Scalzi being nominated for best novel and as "best fan writer."

4. This was interesting: I called my bank about the Hannaford situation where credit card numbers were exposed, and the guy -- who said he shops there too -- said it would be best *not* to cancel the debit card and that they were being extra vigilant and would reimburse any illegal transactions.

5. We got an inch or two of snow last night. I thought it was Spring.

Comments

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

I talked to my bank as well about #4, and the teller said that what actually happened was they got the last 4 digits and the expiration date - no names or anything else. She said the way they were filming the clerks gave the security guys a view of the cards, and that for us at least (TD Banknorth), both the bank AND Visa (because my debit card is Visa) is guarenteeing the accounts.

[mollyrazor.livejournal.com]

They got the whole card number and the expiration date. Enough information to make purchases on the card, but not enough to steal anyone's identity. I am not sure about this "filming the clerks" thing, but if you are talking about Hannaford, that isn't what happened. I know, I work in Hannaford's IT department.

There is a lot of misinformation about this floating around. I am trying to just stay in my corner and be quiet because I am stressed out enough, but I do at least want people to be aware that there really and truly is a risk of your credit/debit card being used to purchase things. And no matter how much you trust your bank - keep checking your statements.

[svan-1004.livejournal.com]

thank you for the comment
I got hit for 2K purchase on my AMEX. Im OK it was my AMEX and im covered out the kazoo for this sort of thing.
It was a bit of a shock to have to deal with yesterday morning and i have had some challenges with it being so close the the holiday and traveling but it hasnt been the end of the world.
Felt like ti for a little bit but it wasnt.

Corners are good places to be at times.

have a better day please.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Ah, good to know. I'm super paranoid anyways (we just FINISHED dealing with stolen identity stuff) so I plan on keeping a very close eye on this for the next 6-8 months.

Thanks.