A rather disturbing trend on company websites these days, is to refuse to do business with people who wish to pay by phone. Limewire is one of those companies.

As someone who has worked as a software developer for over twenty years, I can assure you that there is no such thing as a "secure" web site. There are dozens of ways of discovering what another user is doing on the web for those who are so inclined, the most obvious being to simply trap a user's keystrokes.

With this kind of potential risk, why do so many companies like Limewire insist that the end user has nothing to worry about? Please, the solution is simple. Just give us a phone number so we can call you and give you a credit card number without having to worry about third parties eavesdropping.

Or is that too complicated?