How safe is bluecheck really?

[H4X0R46]

Alright so this has been debated time and time again, but how safe is it to give your info to bluecheck? Wouldn't matter too much for me now, I already have and used it multiple times, but is it an actual professional company with encrypted servers and such? Or some m*th lab looking shit going on in a dudes basement? Lol

 

[Neunerball]

Good question! Since my Identity had been stolen, I don't like giving my personal information to anyone at all. I'd rather avoid it by ordering most of my vape stuff out of China now.

 

[nightshard]

Moved to vaping related

 

[Neunerball]

Did a quick search. This makes me worried even more https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic...ions_that_need_to_be/?st=itfyse1o&sh=a3c8ce11

 

[mcol]

To each his own, but for me personally I will not give out any part of
my ssn nor will I send a copy of my driver's license to any vaping vendor.
There are other options.

 

[Synphul]

Good question, no clue really. Consider the Clinton email fiasco, had some 'professional group' over at a small local network company in CO handling her emails. The "IT tech" couldn't figure out how to remove email addy's off emails so posted the question to reddit. Not that they're the same thing necessarily but who knows, a pretty company website doesn't mean some itt tech online grad isn't cruising reddit for answers on how to handle your info.

Several online shops who either were using or were going to use bluecheck dumped them in a hurry, I know some were looking for alternatives and didn't want to use them at all. That's usually not a good sign in general.

 

[Eskie]

They're a new company, essentially set up specifically to cater to the online vape market. They do not have any track record as to the quality of their protection of data. They might be fine, they might be lazy and clumsy. Then again, even companies with solid IT divisions tight security procedures and strong encryption have been hacked, so no guarantee whether dealing with Bluceheck, Yahoo, or Citibank. Lots of confidential personal information has already been hacked and is floating around out there that can come back and hurt you.

Personally, I'd prefer a vendor use an age verification service with a history and track record at doing so with strong security measures such as Veratad, but even that is no 100% guarantee. Nature of the current world we live in and online transactions.