CVV (was: Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling)

Thu Oct 11 19:31:36 UTC 2018

Once upon a time, bzs at theworld.com <bzs at theworld.com> said:
> But asking for photo id is a good thing for legitimate card holders,
> could reduce fraudulent in-person use of stolen cards.

Requiring an ID is also a violation of the merchant agreements, at least
for VISA and MasterCard (not sure about American Express), unless ID is
otherwise required by law (like for age-limited products).  I've walked
out of stores that required an ID.

-- 
Chris Adams <cma at cmadams.net>