{"id":538,"date":"2008-12-01T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T12:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=538"},"modified":"2008-12-01T13:56:10","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T12:56:10","slug":"make-your-holiday-on-line-shopping-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/make-your-holiday-on-line-shopping-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your On-Line Holiday Shopping Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

TidBITS has published Security Tips for Safe Online Holiday Shopping<\/a>, a brief article discussing some of the basics of making sure you don’t get any surprises from your on-line purchases. Rich Mogull discusses how to use “new payment options”, such as one-time credit card numbers, and gives advice on using a credit card or PayPal account for Christmas purchases. He then discusses “e-mail fraud”, or phishing, though that’s not specifically related to holiday shopping. And he finishes the article with a few tips on protecting your web browser. While most of the tips here are common-sense, it’s always a good idea to remind yourself that it’s not always safe to purchase things on the Internet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TidBITS has published Security Tips for Safe Online Holiday Shopping, a brief article discussing some of the basics of making sure you don’t get any surprises from your on-line purchases. Rich Mogull discusses how to use “new payment options”, such as one-time credit card numbers, and gives advice on using a credit card or PayPal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n