Here a little news about stolen credit card numbers

[zeus]

I think there will always be a risk to loose the no., there simply must be a more secure way to do this.

[biz.yahoo.com...]

[ogletree]

If you'd like to possibly freak yourself out more, Orr suggests a simple exercise: "Type your credit card numbers into a search engine, hit the button -- and keep your fingers crossed."

I can not believe that he is suggesting this. You would be submitting your cc number over the internet as plain text.

[SkyDog]

Putting you cc num into a web search under a non secure connection is rather foolish. As a consumer, you are not at that much risk, when bogus charges come across you are not liable. The merchant is the one that takes a beating.

[dcheney]

If one really wants to test it without giving it away - just use 12 of the 16 digits in sequence. That won't give your card number away, but isn't likely to match much else on the net.

[Morgenhund]

For me it looks like cutting someone's head to cure running nose...

1) Even if your CC is stolen, it may not be placed in public access.

2) Some search engines remember what have you looking for and use it in many different ways: publish "what others are looking for?" ratings, show you your last search keywords, etc. Thus you practically will publish your CC in public access.

If you suspect your CC is stolen, why just not to replace it? Most banks do it for free.