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Redlemon · 03-08-2010, 06:05 AM

I found myself in an uncomfortable situation a couple of weeks ago... I had to enter my credit card number on a public internet terminal. Thinking about key loggers, I had an idea that might confuse them. Please tell me if I'm thinking clearly on this.

I typed in the first part of the credit card number, immediately followed by the last part. Then I used the mouse to drop into the middle of the number to enter the middle numbers.

I was thinking that the key logger, if present, would not be able to tell where I moused to, and would therefore see the numbers in the wrong order.

I'll be checking my next credit card statement carefully, but in the meantime, what do you guys think?

03-08-2010, 06:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	Key Loggers I found myself in an uncomfortable situation a couple of weeks ago... I had to enter my credit card number on a public internet terminal. Thinking about key loggers, I had an idea that might confuse them. Please tell me if I'm thinking clearly on this. I typed in the first part of the credit card number, immediately followed by the last part. Then I used the mouse to drop into the middle of the number to enter the middle numbers. I was thinking that the key logger, if present, would not be able to tell where I moused to, and would therefore see the numbers in the wrong order. I'll be checking my next credit card statement carefully, but in the meantime, what do you guys think? __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.