(08-28-2012, 08:11 PM)the dark side Wrote: plus, Amazon is a "HTTP/S" SECURE site. the payment system has a 64 bit security encryption (most BANKS only have 32 bit!) and it destroys the credit card details from the server once payment has been made, so even if someone does hack the account (wich happened ONCE in 1998 and never again) they cant get the credit card details as they are not there. its perfectly safe to use, dont worry.
This isn't true. Amazon uses 128-bit SSL encryption and so does the Bank of America and keys go all the way up to 256-bit now. There is no way any reputable bank uses only 30-bit because according to
this website it takes less than a week to crack a 30-bit key using brute force. It's interesting that it would take more time than the universe has been around to crack a 128-bit key though, I didn't know it was
that secure.