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Re: Dear Linkedin,
From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon () orthanc ca>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:51:14 -0700 (PDT)
It is far preferable for the merchant to request ID and verify that the signature matches the ID _AND_ the picture in the ID matches the customer.
In the late 1990s I had a Visa card from (I think) Citibank that had my picture embossed on the front of the card. I'm surprised this didn't catch on with more card issuers. I see that Bank of America offers this free of charge to their Visa clients, as do some US based credit unions.
That card was never lost or stolen, so I don't know if the photo verification would fail as spectacularly as signatures do.
--lyndon
Current thread:
- Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,), (continued)
- Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,) Joel jaeggli (Jun 10)
- Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,) Robert Bonomi (Jun 10)
- Re: OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,) Barry Shein (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Robert Bonomi (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Robert Bonomi (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Jay Ashworth (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Owen DeLong (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Joe Greco (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Jimmy Hess (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Owen DeLong (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Lyndon Nerenberg (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Jon Lewis (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Barry Shein (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Owen DeLong (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Joe Greco (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Owen DeLong (Jun 10)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, John Levine (Jun 11)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Jared Mauch (Jun 11)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Jay Ashworth (Jun 11)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Owen DeLong (Jun 11)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Simon Perreault (Jun 11)