Copyright 2005 Edward Vegliante
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than filling out a paper application and mailing it through the
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online credit card applications use the most up-to-date technology
to ensure that their web sites are protected against intrusion and
data theft. This technology is known as SSL, which stands for
Secure Sockets Layer, a transmission protocol that "encrypts" any
data sent between the bank and your computer, such as all the
personal information you need to fill out when applying for a
credit card.
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Laptop Computer What exactly is encryption? It is a sophisticated mathematical
process that disguises data by altering the bits of information in
ways that are undecipherable to others. You have probably done
encryption in your childhood days when you sent messages to friends
in school using a secret language such as reversing the alphabet,
so that A meant Z, and Z meant A. That early game was actually a
form of encryption.
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Desktop Computer In the early days of the Internet, encryption used 40-bits,
which meant that a character of data could be transformed into
another character in any one of 2 to the 40th power ways, which is
approximately 1 trillion ways. But as large as that number is,
computer security experts realized that people, including
criminals, who had access to very powerful computers could crack
40-bit encryption in a short period of time, ranging from a few
days to a few seconds depending on the power of their
computers.
Notebooks Therefore, in the late 1990s, a much more powerful type of
encryption was introduced using 128 bits. This means that each
character of data can be altered in any of 2 to the 128th power
ways, a code which represents an astronomical number of possible
variations that would take on the order of 20,000 years to break
using today's fastest computers. The use of 128-bit encryption has
thus completely altered the safety of data.
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Hard Drive Furthermore, today's encryption methods use what is called the
"two-key" algorithm whereby the sending computer and the receiving
computer use both a "public" key and a "private" key to encrypt and
then decrypt any data exchanged between them. The process is
complex to explain, but suffice it to say that the two-key approach
makes it impossible for all intents and purposes for an outside
party such as a criminal to capture and interpret any data
transmitted between two computers over an Internet site using SSL
technology - because the criminals will not have both keys.
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Gateway In short, SSL technology virtually guarantees that if you fill
out a credit card application over the Internet using a bank's
secure application page, all your personal information can never be
stolen or broken into.
Laptop Parts Compare this to a paper credit card application which you send
via the US Post Office. Think about how many mailboxes are broken
into each year and how many pieces of mail are somehow lost - and
you will now realize that applying for a credit card over the
Internet is actually the most secure method you can find.
Software So if you want or need a new credit card in order to expand your
credit capabilities or to get bonus points or travel
rewards, the best thing to do is
to go to one of the web sites that allows you to compare credit
card offers, then click through to the secure web site for the
bank you choose to fill out their online credit card
application. You will also benefit from this because your
application will be processed within minutes and you can often
get an immediate approval rather than waiting weeks as you do
when you mail in a paper application.
Hard Drives All in all, rest assured that computer security experts are
working hard to protect consumers from crime and identity theft as
Internet banking, e-commerce, and
credit card payments are increasingly processed online.
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Canon Ed Vegliante runs the website
http://www.Credit-Card-Surplus.com , a well
organized credit card directory enabling the consumer to compare
and apply for a variety of credit card offers including. Find links
to secure online credit card applications.
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