Backing up card details

slopemaster

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Call me old-fashioned, but I just keep them written down on a piece of paper at home - and well hidden. .

Me too.
I also have a paper version which I take away with me.
Contains card numbers, numbers to call, password reminders in a form meaningful only to me.
No passwords or PINs, and not kept with the cards.

DevCoder

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

Sending sensitive information via e-mail is about the worst advice I've ever seen on here. E-mail data would be clearly visible to anyone that happens to be doing packet capture.

Even SSL?

1Password/DashLane etc would be a better idea if people use smartphones.

Tonio49_2

The only reason I paid a subscription to Sentinel was to use the facility to cancel lost or stolen credit/debit cards with one one call although when this happened through pickpocketing in S.Spain, they could not stop my Caxton FX card because Caxton required the cardholder only to report the loss. Interestingly the debit card was being used up to two years later on the French Autoroute because, I guess, no pin number is required to pass through toll booths.Each time it was used I had to fill in a fraud report to the Bank.
As there appears to be no alternative provider of the "one stop shop" system to cancel lost/stolen cards then there seems to be a need to record the details of Bank or Building Society emergency phone numbers perhaps in a mobile phone's notes folder.(And hope the phone doesn't get lost or stolen at the same time as the cards.
The Sentinel list of Bank ,building society or cash cards is useful as a record if the emergency phone numbers are listed alongside the card issuer's details.

DigForVictory

A friend of mine has three vital bits of data stashed in her cat's collar ID. As her cat cordially loathes the entire human race other than her (she says) she reckons it's safe.

Me, I managed to keep my christmas savings out of the hands of friends family foes & teenage offspring by concealing the notes in the toe of a welly boot, but your milage may vary & one son has a disconcerting "I know what you're up to" smirk, so I think I'll go back to the credit union this year.

If you really want to keep a secret, do not use technology. The purloined letter technique is far simpler, cheaper & odds on safer.

zerog

Just encrypt the file before emailing it to yourself.

slopemaster

DigForVictory wrote: »

A friend of mine has three vital bits of data stashed in her cat's collar ID. .

I do like that idea.

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Tonio49 wrote: »

there seems to be a need to record the details of Bank or Building Society emergency phone numbers

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cardsgone/

DigForVictory

If you have a bank app on your phone, it usually has an emergency contact number.
Delightfully, they usually offer to connect you to any other banks you may have had cards stolen from. One of the few bright spots of having my purse nicked...

m4rc

I agree with an app like 1Password. I have a different password for every login I use so there's no way I would remember them all, using 1Password I don't need to remember them, it's secure and very easy to use too.

warehouse

DigForVictory wrote: »

A friend of mine has three vital bits of data stashed in her cat's collar ID. As her cat cordially loathes the entire human race other than her (she says) she reckons it's safe.

slopemaster wrote: »

I do like that idea.

My cat loses 2 collars a year. That's a bad idea IMO.