sportsbooks asking for your password in live chat

[dankhank]

whenever i initiate live chat with a sportsbook, they always ask me for my account number and password. is there any security danger to typing out one's password in a supposedly secure live chat window?

[NajdorfDefense]

Not unless the guys spying on you are using really, really good crypto tools and are within a few feet.

[whipsaw]

i've never had a sportsbook ask for my password before, but I'd probably call them instead

[Thremp]

Std.

[rjp]

Bookmaker has done this to me, so I simply told them that it wasn't a secure connection and continued with my question. Didn't seem to bother them. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[NajdorfDefense]

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i've never had a sportsbook ask for my password before, but I'd probably call them instead

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I usually just call also.

[dankhank]

some books won't even continue the conversation when i give them the password with one letter changed to X. i usually call at that point too. today i was lazy (and sick of calling this book so much) and gave the password, which is why i asked.