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Pay by Phone Bill to Your Online Casino |
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Alongside the increasing
prominence of mobile casinos, there has been more and more concern about data
security and privacy. The number of high-profile data breaches in the last year
was nothing short of historic – and shocking. Big-name retailers in
particular were caught with their cyber security pants down. The biggest shock
was that one major telecoms supplier, TalkTalk, fell victim to three
cyber-attacks in one year,
compromising the security of millions of their customers with
resulting issues that could last for years for the individuals.
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While it is their job to
protect sensitive customer data, no IT team can prepare for all the attacks
that come their way, either in terms of volume or of new type. Malicious actors
are endlessly clever; it seems, in devising new ways to steal data.
When it comes to online casinos there has been much less in the way of
news about data breaches but this doesn't mean they haven't been subject to the
use of stolen card details to fund accounts. One classic method used by the
criminals is to open two separate accounts. One account is attached to the
legitimate card, while the other is attached to the stolen card. Both accounts,
operated by the same user, play in the same game with the “illegal”
account losing intentionally to the “legal” account. It is ultimately
the sites that are subject to pay all incurred losses to the bank.
But
as an online player you want to be certain about the security of your credit
and debit card details that you have deposited with your online casino. We are
all guilty of not checking our statements closely enough especially when there
might be hundreds of transactions every month. This is a perfect security
failure for fraudsters to take advantage of, the information is there for you
but you don't bother to look at it. It can be days, weeks, months or maybe
never that you realise that anything is untoward.
Curious it is then
that your mobile phone could be the answer. So often thought of as a risk to
hackers, they are not only as secure as a computer connected to the internet,
but you are looking at them multiple times per day. What if every transaction
you ever made came through on your phone as text message with a PIN code that
required imputing at the transaction source to complete it? Well now you have
added yourself to the security check all the time.
This is one of the
reasons that online casinos are adopting
pay by
phone bill especially when using a mobile phone casino. Of course it is
more secure but it is also convenient, you don't need to be carrying any credit
or debit cards with you. More than that you will have the ability to deposit
and or play nearly everywhere now that 3G and 4G signals cover 99% of people in
a continent like Europe.
So the upside of paying with your phone bill is
that it is quick, convenient and secure. The only real downside is that you
can't go ahead and withdraw to your phone bill, but this at least makes you
think about the money you are gambling with, which is good.
You will
need to check that your network provider offers this service but if you are
with one of the big players, like Vodafone, then you already have this service
at your disposal..
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