Binary Balance

Last week my wife asked me to buy her some printer ink cartridges at a particular online store that sells such things so armed with her Visa card I undertook the quest.

I found the desired ink cartridges and proceeded to check out. I arrive at a page that tells me it has been detected that I am a part of the “Verified by Visa” program and that I will be sent to a page to facilitate said verification by Visa. I’m redirected to a page that by the URL and branding I assume is owned by the bank that provides the merchant facilities for the ink cartridge website. This page partially loads but then dies because my NoScript Firefox Add-On disallows the JavaScript on the page. I’m left looking at a button that says something like “Click to enter your password” but due to JavaScript being disabled, it does nothing when you click on it and even if it did, I would not know what password to enter. Read more...