Shortly after my first purchase from a popular CC vender it seems the info I used to sign up was spammed to a bunch of common sites (Amazon, Ebay, etc) and I got notifications from those sites that there were attempts to change my password and info. I had to call each of the sites' customer service to discuss the accounts as my email contact, password, etc were changed by someone to crazy things.

I already contacted the vender and am certain the breach came from their end as I have not used that login/password combo in a long time (which is a good thing). After speaking to them they are looking into it and they did show genuine concern. I do not think the company is intentionally selling data but perhaps they have a bad egg working for them?

Regardless, I just wanted to make a public service announcement that it never hurts to use different logins and passwords - especially with international sites - and always use different logins for your bank, stocks, etc than you would online purchases.

[mods I reviewed the rules and I dont think this breaks any as far as I can tell]

I guess it's a good thing I use separate usernames and passwords for 3rd world countries (any country that doesn't have America in it's name)

I always just use drafters sign in info.

mods? rules?

what vendor?...this is important ****....and a good PSA about passwords

Yes, I agree, this is important.

PSAs often give false positive results. Drafter convinced me only his taste test is accurate.

Well... are you going to live? Did you at least give him a snorkel?

Is that like a steamer with mouth play?

Yes