Comment by dlcarrier
9 days ago
As long as copying some numbers, printed on a piece of plastic, into an online order form is all the authentication that is needed for a transaction, anything more than that is inherently security theater.
9 days ago
As long as copying some numbers, printed on a piece of plastic, into an online order form is all the authentication that is needed for a transaction, anything more than that is inherently security theater.
That’s why for most transactions I do with a credit card in my country, you need an extra validation with the mobile app. It is mostly American websites that do not enable this functionality.
Yes, because we don't want these stupid locked down apps. Credit cards give buyers many protections, it's very easy to dispute an illegitimate transaction.
However, you pay 2.7% for that convenience
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Europe mostly uses debit cards but also have most of those protections.
Because we have anti-fraud consumer potection rules and CCs operate on a make money first type of bais. The debit networks on the otherhand are a different story.