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I frequently give my credit card to restaurant employees without a second thought. I trust them to use it to just pay for my meal, and not steal its data and offer it up for sale on an IRC channel. Clearly this trust is misplaced.

I've always been leery about giving my credit card to anybody, and usually just use cash. The usual times I use a credit card are when making big purchases, and that is usually at a counter where I can watch the swiping, or over the net where there are all kinds of fraud protection things in place by my credit card companies.

I just find cash easier, faster, and less likely to be stolen by anybody but a mugger