If the site won't let me make a payment
through their site (3rd party processor) I never
buy. Its petty much saying were not responsible for anything that goes wrong.
Some sites will even state this. Not sure how you're checkout was like but just a thought.
I could make a paypal page that sells stickers for .02 cents with a TOS that states: "I am not responsible for your purchase resulting in my intentionally going out an axe murdering 17 people. That responsibility lies upon you the consumer."
Just because it is in writing doesn't always make it a legal release of liability. There is such a thing as due diligence on the vendor and processor's part to secure their site(s). Most vendors use the cart from a processor, so most of the time that falls beyond the vendor scope.
Just as updating fash, java, and your OS & Security Suite fall upon the end user.
Even with that said and everyone "doing their part" to prevent the worst, zero day exploits still do happen.
tobarger said:
You would think so but don't bet on it. Its very expensive to investigate and build a case against the perpetrators of these frauds. Even if authorities know the address of the perp and knock on the door, whoever answers (if anyone) will simply not know anything and not cooperate. End of investigation, so they rarely even bother to investigate, and the perps know it.
This is very true because chances are good that the Verizon account was set up in the name of someone who has an identity theft problem occurring. Anytime you can set up an account online, you can run into that problem. THE is right, squeak enough and possibly the thief would be absent minded and owning a phone with enabled GPS. Then again if pushed enough they could also get tower location from Verizon, but I would not hold my breath. Verizon doesn't fork over that info willingly. The police also won't actively pursue someone for $470 as if it was an episode of CSI.
