Credit card security

I had to pay a fine for a stop sign violation, and was first glad to see I could log onto the court website and pay without writing a check.

Then I considered every headline I've read of privacy bungling & data exposure committed by both corporate America and various global governments. I was sure that it would be mere months before my unencrypted credit card information was mailed somewhere random, left on an unattended laptop to be stolen, or just posted to the internet.

I think I better just write a check.