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have exactly the same protection as a regular credit card.

Not true according the the Clark Howard web site. www.clarkhoward.com

[Pablo64]

Don’t know who Clark Howard is, but Dave Ramsey says differently (so I guess it’s who you want to believe). I have also personally checked the security policy on Visa’s website as regarding Visa debit cards and they offer the same protection on my Visa debit card (unless they have changed it since then, but I doubt it).