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Wed 24 May, 2006 08:08 pm
So, my son loves Runescape and plays it with his collection of friends from around the U.S. and the world.
He asks me to sign him up for a membership so he can better communicate with his member buds. These are kids that I know, and I know their parents, so that isn't my primary concern.
When I tried to sign him up, they're asking me for credit card information, and the site isn't secure. No lock, no https... what the hell?
Anybody here a member? Thoughts? Reservations?
Not a gamer, so no direct experience w/Runescape, but if a site wanting any sorta personal info - let alone financial info - has a signup page that ain't secure, my interest evaporates like ether on hot metal.
Exactly. But here's the thing. When I go to their signup page, there is no lock or https...but when I try to leave, I get that IE popup saying "You are about to leave a secure connection...". What the heck? Is it secure or not? How would you know?
SBC/Yahoo has the same thing on their sign in page now, with the disclaimer "Why this is secure". I go to lengths to get back to the old secure page to get in.
Bump. Can anyone explain this?
Is there a contact number you could try calling to see why the page appears to be unsecured? I wouldn't trust an email address, anyone can set those up for anything with just about any name.
In my experience, unless there is a lock on the lower right of the screen and the address of the page starts with "https", it's not secure.
Signing up for Runescape - Unsecure?
No lock, no https = no credit card info in my book.
Ditto
Joe(big ditto)nation
It is possible to have secure and unsecure items on the same page.
I think Runescape can probably be trusted.
it is not uncommon to have both secure and non-secure elements on a given page. It also is not uncommon for legitimate concerns conducting business over the internet to provide an alternate, not-web-based, secure means for conducting financial transactions. Personally, while I expect an endeavor conducted, authorized or otherwise endorsed by Runescape could be trusted, I generally won't even give a website I do not know to be trustworthy so much as a legitimate email address. That said, I suppose that if there is a
[email protected], I owe someone an apology.
And do you live at 123 Main Street with me or 1313 Mockingbird Lane with the lovers of early TV?
My mother's maiden name is Jones. She didn't know that and there is no record anywhere confirming it. It is, however, amply recorded in the files of many major shopping websites.
Joe Nation
123 Main Street
East Wheatfield, Ohio
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(It's hard to find on a map)
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