ak00: It should still be an option.
As long as you use a credit card (and not a debit card) you are covered.
The biggest problem with these breaches is that when people store their debit card info - that's linked directly to their bank account and the money is gone. Yes, you can get it back by filing a claim, etc. - but you are still out of that liquid cash and the time it takes to make you whole again. With a credit card, you simply dispute the charge.
Just like everything else in life, as long as the risks are acceptable to you - then you should have the option.
Certainly not going to change my opinion of GOG, but I just think it should still be an option to the individual whether or not they want to save their credit card information (and not saving the 3-4 digit security code is perfectly acceptable) in the client that's installed locally on their machine.
*IF* they OPTIONALLY stored it locally in some Secure™ fashion I could live with it (if I knew 'where' it was and could delete it manually at will).
But if they would store it 'in the cloud', 'on their server', or what-have-you, then NO NO NO - not even as an option. It is inevitable the 'setting' would FAIL at some point (probably silently and without notice) and thus even those that would decline the option would then be stuck with the effects of a data breach they were diligently avoiding (all for the cost of some
minor convenience for others). Not acceptable!
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As long as you use a credit card (and not a debit card) you are covered"
NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
I don't want to be 'covered'. I want to AVOID the issue - completely.
Being "covered' means what? It means (in the case of a data breach) - 1) Typical 'free one year of credit monitoring' 2) Having to hassle with the CC company if something 'slips through'. 3) Then make sure the breach doesn't 'affect' your credit. 4) Then having to hassle with the credit bureaus to 'recover'.
NONE of that is worth the hassle of saving someone some minor convenience. Not even close.
YOU can probably find some 3rd party 'plug your data into the form fields' proggy to do this for you if you really need it. Heck it may even be built-into something you already use (I don't know because I don't use that stuff and turn off all 'auto-fill forms for me' stuff)
Go that route if you really need the minor convenience (and/or can't just remember your cc info like many of us and thus type it in very quickly when needed).