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chuckers <chuckersjp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it ever really a good idea to use a proxy when you have a credit card in
> hand that you intend to use?  Or are there ways around that that I am just not
> quite seeing?

Well, the https connection is between the end point and your computer. But 
more importantly, you just login to your account, and the information is
already stored on Amazon's servers, so doesn't traverse the connection again.

Mike