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I got frightened by all the PCI DSS fear that permeates this board. I assumed you guys had it all figured out, and to a man, you seem to all be of the same mind on this issue. Fear, fear, fear.

When I actual Read the F----ing Manual about this ...., actually read that what was required was peanuts compared to the thousands of posts and comments I've read here pontificating on how to safely store a freaking password to a dating site, I am perplexed. How can a group of people who can talk your arm off for two hours about salts, rainbow tables, hashes, and password entropy, be frightened of PCI? https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/pci_...

I store my own credit card info. Exactly how I do it is none of your business, as, while I don't rely on obscurity for my security, I'd be foolish to deny myself it's added protection. I don't just meet PCI standards, which are easy, I greatly, greatly, exceed them. Why anybody would use a third party billing company is not mysterious, but why somebody who reads HN would do so, is strange to me.

I already know the comments I'll get for uttering such blasphemy. I would respectfully request that you actually spend 10 minutes reading actual PCI DSS guidelines before doing so, however.

parent cryptnoob 16 years ago

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