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Re: eHow advise to use Base64 to "encrypt" credit card data

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On 23/09/2014 02:22, Sylvia Else wrote:
> If there's to be any point in storing the details, there has to be a
> way of retrieving the plain-text.

True.

> Unless this requires data supplied by the user (for example, their
> password) that is not retained on the system, then it's just security
> by obscurity, since if the system can retrieve the plain-text, then
> so can a hacker.

False.

A cracker can intercept any input to the system, so having a
user-provided password doesn't help.

However, where there are multiple discrete systems using asymmetric
encryption, encrypting the details makes a lot of sense.

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eHow advise to use Base64 to "encrypt" credit card data Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-22 11:54 +0000
  Re: eHow advise to use Base64 to "encrypt" credit card data Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-22 14:12 +0200
  Re: eHow advise to use Base64 to "encrypt" credit card data scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-22 14:32 +0000
  Re: eHow advise to use Base64 to "encrypt" credit card data polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-22 18:38 +0100
  Re: eHow advise to use Base64 to "encrypt" credit card data Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-23 11:22 +1000
    Re: eHow advise to use Base64 to "encrypt" credit card data invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-09-23 02:37 +0100
      Re: eHow advise to use Base64 to "encrypt" credit card data Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-09-23 13:03 +1000

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