Remember when people were afraid to enter their credit cards online, so they would call a customer service rep and read it to that person over the phone? The k

Remember when people were afraid to enter their credit cards online, so they would call a customer service rep and read it to that person over the phone? The key piece to keep in mind is that the info on that little piece of plastic is never "safe". If I were warning my mother, I'd just follow your hypothetical above. Of course, if the outcomes of these data breaches start including other identity theft, such as the "$50,000 twitter name"[1] hijack, more realistic phishing attacks, etc., then things are going to get interesting. [1] Which is of course silly since the TOS specify that they are not to be sold.