Ask Slashdot:Online Shopping Phobia

Nate wrote in to ask about something that I'm sure a lot of people around here have thought about- shopping online. He asks " For quite some time, I have been a big opponent of online shopping. I refused to put any kind of sensitive info across the Internet due to the insecurity of it. Well, they've had 'secure transactions' for quite some time now, yet I'm still paranoid. Is this paranoia justifiable, do I have a better chance winning the lottery than having someone sniff my credit card info, or is it quite safe?"

I figure I'd throw in my 2 bits- I buy everything but food online these days. I don't do it unless I have a secure connection (eg, the little lock icon is closed in Netscape :) but when that happens, I don't feel any phobia whatsoever. Maybe I'm just naive, but I don't have any fear whatsoever. What does everyone else thing?