[AGL] Safari dont work, Internet Explorer does <- false statement

[michele mason]

Thanks Mike, I have done so.  mm

On Nov 15, 2006, at 12:35 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:


> Michele,

>

> Seeing as you have a Mac, i recommend you ask

> Dave Moriaty about this. My recommendations

> were for PCs.

>

> Mike

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "michele mason" <yaya.m at earthlink.net>

> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:24 AM

> Subject: Re: [AGL] Safari dont work,Internet Explorer does <- false

> statement

>

>

> Thanks for the info—I'm adding all my cards to my bank site—much faster

> to pay. As you may see, Wayne Smith invited me to gmail. its

> m11.mason at gmail.com (I think) and I still need to learn how to use it.

> Didn't have patience to wait out the tutorial. Will want to add my

> address book for 1 thing, should be easy?  mm

>

> On Nov 14, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:

>

>> Michele,

>>

>> We have one of our credit cards automatically

>> get paid out of the balance in a checking account. This

>> saves having to mail checks to individual companies.

>> We also have a debit card should we have the good

>> luck to travel to a foreign country and need to get

>> some local currency. Using a credit card to do this

>> will accrue an interest charge starting from the date

>> of the transaction. Debit cards, on the other hand,

>> have no interest charge since it is your own funds

>> that you are tapping. You will be paying 2% of

>> the sum for the bank to switch your dollars to

>> euros..

>>

>> Just be sure you check the statements every

>> month so that you know that everything is kosher.

>> You have 90 days to challenge a credit card charge.

>>

>> What do you mean go back to paper? Your

>> money is whizzing around digitally as it is but your

>> bank will send you a paper statement so you

>> can ikeep track.

>>

>> The point is to spend it all and have the check

>> for your funeral bounce.

>>

>> The two Internet banks I have accessed required

>> Internet Explorer; Firefox wouldnt work. I

>> assumed that all banks were doing that but

>> as Charlie and others are pointing out it just

>> ain't so. Or ain't so anymore. My experience

>> dates from when Firefox was just introduced

>> a couple of years ago.

>>

>> Mike

>>

>> ---- Original Message -----

>> From: "michele mason" <yaya.m at earthlink.net>

>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:46 PM

>> Subject: Re: [AGL] Safari dont work, Internet Explorer does

>>

>>

>> Foxfire is working just fine. All my bank pages are encrypted. Do you

>> recommend I go back to paper?—I'm told that more is stolen from paper

>> by my bank and also Foxfire which tells me when/or not encptd. When I

>> go for medical stuff, my laptop will go too. Is that just as scary? Do

>> you recomend paying each acct at their site?  Tell me wise one,  mm

>>

>> On Nov 14, 2006, at 1:51 PM, Wayne Johnson wrote:

>>

>>> What you mean by "key board recording"?  An audio record?  whoa.

>>>

>>> Plez explain.

>>>

>>> wayne

>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Eisenstadt"

>>> <michaele at ando.pair.com>

>>> To: <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:27 AM

>>> Subject: [AGL] Safari dont work, Internet Explorer does

>>>

>>>

>>>> Michele,

>>>> On PCs, it is the same. Firefox wont work, but Internet Explorer

>>>> will. As for bank biz in the new Internet age, YMMV. Depends on how

>>>> strong your nerves are.

>>>> As for the security of your password, in theory every

>>>> time you type it in, a key tracking program might be

>>>> secretly recording it. Assuming that your home computer

>>>> is being secretly plumbed without your knowledge. What

>>>> is your current conspiracy index?

>>>> As for doing bank biz on someone else's computer whilst you be on 

>>>> the

>>>> road, a keyboard recording

>>>> of your password would have it, the password,

>>>> and your user name, so they could take all your funds

>>>> by making a payment to some other bank account.

>>>> Mike

>>>

>>

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