Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 13:37:28 +0200 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <1197vte$aj7i$2@dont-email.me> <119aerl$148vi$1@dont-email.me> <119ah4s$14n5b$3@dont-email.me> <119d6m9$24b8p$5@dont-email.me> <119qbt9$2qdqt$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net oo9L2Cx8EwNcKzSg8zS6sQU6YoTT9UcLbJ6zAFjO94aWGhV6As Cancel-Lock: sha1:uJ6m9gLQ4fQLg5cSjy6AHtF3t4U= sha256:CURqrDZxCBv5QTE8wQZTQevpIC7ljNlgOnaXOW7PQtY= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:92755 On 2026-10-03 09:59, c186282 wrote: > On 10/3/26 03:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 03/10/2026 02:18, c186282 wrote: >>> I don't LIKE direct withdrawal, one bad actor gets >>>    the correct numbers/auth and they can drain you >>>    dry in moments. USA has legal protections for >>>    credit cards, but not direct withdrawals. >>> >> >>   The contract cannot easily be changed, either to whom it is paid or >> the amount. >> And mostly you can just go online and cancel things > >   Found myself in a situation once where I could NOT >   go online to cancel things ... wasn't even a phone >   number for contacting a human. This is a continuing >   problem according to many news reports. Once they've >   GOT you they scheme to KEEP you paying forever. > >>>    Also often hard to CUT OFF companies once they >>>    get direct access. I did that once with CompuServe, >>>    had to go to a bank and and have 'em explicitly >>>    block the corp. CS shreiked and shreiked. >> >> Well I can do that all online if I want. > >   Sure ??? > I did it a year ago. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.