Seems like a good way to help make credit products more attractive to an under-served market segment at near-zero cost in terms of established legacy markets
True Name – Mastercard (2022)
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#32> New research by Mastercard across 16 countries in North America and Europe revealed that 59% of people who identity as nonbinary say they feel unsafe while shopping We should do what we can to make life easier for everyone, but we should stop encouraging and accommodating this “everything makes me feel unsafe” attitude. It harms everyone when we redefine safety to include awkwardness or very minor psychological dis…
What’s your objection? That people’s ID and cards shouldn’t contain their name?
From the OP:
>but we should stop encouraging and accommodating this “everything makes me feel unsafe” attitude. It harms everyone when we redefine safety to include awkwardness or very minor psychological discomfort.
It's pretty clear that the thing he's objecting to is the inflation of "feel unsafe" to include "awkwardness or very minor psychological discomfort", which might draw attention to the issue in the short term, but over the long term dilutes the term and makes the issue worse. It's like the euphemism treadmill but in reverse.
Re: True Name – Mastercard (2022)
#33(June 2022)
Re: True Name – Mastercard (2022)
#34Mastercard's US card activation service (both phone and computer) were down from Jan 2nd to Jan 4th. As someone with a Mastercard that expired on Jan/2024 this was quite a hassle for me. In the end in order to pay my due bills I had to use bitcoin.
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#35> New research by Mastercard across 16 countries in North America and Europe revealed that 59% of people who identity as nonbinary say they feel unsafe while shopping We should do what we can to make life easier for everyone, but we should stop encouraging and accommodating this “everything makes me feel unsafe” attitude. It harms everyone when we redefine safety to include awkwardness or very minor psychological dis…
> It harms everyone
How is allowing someone to use a different name harmful to everyone ?
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
If it were only a very minor psychological discomfort, you'd be right. Unfortunately, other clientele in the store may harass you and follow you out of the store. As someone who has been on the receiving end of incredibly violent threats, being able to not be outed publicly is critical to everyday safety for trans people.
i thought the minor discomfort being referred to was that of changing your name and reissuing a new ID card. i can definitely understand how it would get grating to explain the change at every security check
A legal name change is quite a chore, not a minor discomfort.
Re: True Name – Mastercard (2022)
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
If it were only a very minor psychological discomfort, you'd be right. Unfortunately, other clientele in the store may harass you and follow you out of the store. As someone who has been on the receiving end of incredibly violent threats, being able to not be outed publicly is critical to everyday safety for trans people.
i thought the minor discomfort being referred to was that of changing your name and reissuing a new ID card. i can definitely understand how it would get grating to explain the change at every security check
You should read more carefully. GP wrote "minor psychological discomfort". They're definitely trying to downplay the danger that transgender people sometimes get put in.
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#39Not living in north america, there's something i must be missing - who looks at the name on a credit card? who even touches your credit card anymore? in europe and uk you're either contactless or you're given the terminal to enter your card yourself, and I'm 99% certain the "name" that is written on the card never comes up on screen
I've been called by my name many times by store clerks after paying contactless, without having given my name, so I assume it does get surfaced to them on the billing UI. It's also fairly common (in my experience, here in southern California) for the name on the card to be automatically used as the name on your order for, e.g., calling out when it's ready to be picked up at the counter.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’ve been checked many many times. If not it would be very easy to commit fraud
But this would just mean the name on the card does NOT match the name on the ID. How does this help with the issue of fraud at all?
That’s an issue that can be dealt with by calling the card issuer.