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Post by bracknellboy on Sept 4, 2014 18:34:54 GMT
To anyone who is a regular user of go Cardless. A minor point (?) to be aware of (which I was initially much less impressed by but am now only mildly not impressed by).
After carrying out a GC transaction from AC (requiring the pwd to your GC account), for once I clicked on the link to my account on the confirmation email ('cos I wanted to go change some security stuff). The link took me straight into my GC account with no requirement to enter a password. From there I was able to see all historic transactions and access my personal details e.g. full address etc., though it appeared I could not see my bank account data other than in traditional ***xxxx form (good to see that GC enter the spirit of this forum).
I tried the same thing from my mobile i.e. using same link and it required me to enter a pwd, thereby confirming it is some form of linger on the device only. So only a minor issue and I guess just a warning that when it says 'login to your account' when carrying out a transaction, it really means that, complete with linger time even though for me the expectation is that once the transaction is done I should be cleanly back out.
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Post by baz657 on Sept 4, 2014 18:42:09 GMT
It could be cookies or browser hiding somewhere in the background. When I finish my sessions I always run a utility such as CCleaner (google it - other products are available (but not as good or free)) to clear everything out.
It means you have to manually enter your user details and passwords every time you log on (unless you use the option of saving them but then what's the point of using it?) but do you want to be lazy or secure?
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Post by baz657 on Sept 4, 2014 18:44:41 GMT
Oh
And if you book holidays online run the cleaner first. The travel companies look for the cookies they've put onto your PC last time you were browsing and if they find them the price goes up.
It's all good fun really...........
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Post by j on Sept 4, 2014 19:09:12 GMT
Oh And if you book holidays online run the cleaner first. The travel companies look for the cookies they've put onto your PC last time you were browsing and if they find them the price goes up. It's all good fun really........... Thanks for the advice. That's a new one on me!
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Post by mikes1531 on Sept 4, 2014 19:15:33 GMT
Oh And if you book holidays online run the cleaner first. The travel companies look for the cookies they've put onto your PC last time you were browsing and if they find them the price goes up. It's all good fun really........... I suspect this happens with a lot more than just travel companies. If you go browsing on a website where prices often change, and they know how many times you've looked at a given item, they easily could conclude that you really want whatever it is and so they won't offer you as keen a price as they might if they thought you were looking for the first time. If you logged into your account with them before browsing, then they might be gathering the info in your account file, but if you didn't log in then I think they'd have to rely on cookies, so clearing those could lead to a better deal being offered to you.
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Post by chris on Sept 4, 2014 19:24:51 GMT
To anyone who is a regular user of go Cardless. A minor point (?) to be aware of (which I was initially much less impressed by but am now only mildly not impressed by). After carrying out a GC transaction from AC (requiring the pwd to your GC account), for once I clicked on the link to my account on the confirmation email ('cos I wanted to go change some security stuff). The link took me straight into my GC account with no requirement to enter a password. From there I was able to see all historic transactions and access my personal details e.g. full address etc., though it appeared I could not see my bank account data other than in traditional ***xxxx form (good to see that GC enter the spirit of this forum). I tried the same thing from my mobile i.e. using same link and it required me to enter a pwd, thereby confirming it is some form of linger on the device only. So only a minor issue and I guess just a warning that when it says 'login to your account' when carrying out a transaction, it really means that, complete with linger time even though for me the expectation is that once the transaction is done I should be cleanly back out. Unfortunately this is a flaw with GC and their security policy, so there's nothing we can do. We're dropping the service imminently though.
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Post by bracknellboy on Sept 4, 2014 21:35:15 GMT
Oh And if you book holidays online run the cleaner first. The travel companies look for the cookies they've put onto your PC last time you were browsing and if they find them the price goes up. It's all good fun really........... I suspect this happens with a lot more than just travel companies. If you go browsing on a website where prices often change, and they know how many times you've looked at a given item, they easily could conclude that you really want whatever it is and so they won't offer you as keen a price as they might if they thought you were looking for the first time. If you logged into your account with them before browsing, then they might be gathering the info in your account file, but if you didn't log in then I think they'd have to rely on cookies, so clearing those could lead to a better deal being offered to you. They could equally easily conclude that you are particularly interested, but are failing to purchase, and that all is needed is to offer you a sweetner to drag you over the line. On a few occassions I've had exactly that happen with companies where I've added stuff to my basket, then backed out, and 24-48 hours later received a discount voucher with a specific mention that I failed to purchase. As it happens, on at least two occasions I had intended to purchase, but made use of the discount voucher to complete. So in terms of potential outcomes, I guess you pays your money (or not) and takes your choice. Or toss a coin.
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Post by geoffrey on Sept 5, 2014 9:48:49 GMT
With places like Expedia and even Ryanair (ugh), I use the "in private" function in the browser which prevents the companies recognizing you, especially as (if you book) you don't need to log in until after you've secured a price. Especially Expedia is guilty of raising prices if you look more than a couple of times. Nasty tactic. My son alerted me to this -- it's pretty well known, it seems.
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Sept 5, 2014 10:53:44 GMT
It could be cookies or browser hiding somewhere in the background. When I finish my sessions I always run a utility such as CCleaner (google it - other products are available (but not as good or free)) to clear everything out. It means you have to manually enter your user details and passwords every time you log on (unless you use the option of saving them but then what's the point of using it?) but do you want to be lazy or secure? I like CCleaner, before your first use hit options and select any cookies you might want to keep like the p2pindie forum ones. I should think if these are deleted too the forum wouldn't know what threads you'd read or where you got up to in other threads. As to sites knowing what you're likely to buy or do. There was an Horizon TV prog about it this week, I think, might be on iPlayer.
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Post by phoenix on Sept 5, 2014 11:39:04 GMT
I like CCleaner, before your first use hit options and select any cookies you might want to keep like the p2pindie forum ones. I should think if these are deleted too the forum wouldn't know what threads you'd read or where you got up to in other threads. This forum doesn't seem to use cookies for that, I regularly use two different devices and I'm not offered the same stuff to read again.
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