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MasterCard to start verifying transactions through selfies

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Re: MasterCard to start verifying transactions through selfies

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Post by frandroid »

51Cards wrote: post #20
jlgaddis wrote: post #15

I would just be happy if I could actually use my "chip and pin" credit card when performing a transaction. I have yet to find a retailer where I can actually use it.

Interesting, where are you located? Here in Canada I use mine practically everywhere on a daily basis.

They're in the U.S., the last large bastion of the magnetic strip.

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Post by acranox »

jlgaddis wrote: post #15

I would just be happy if I could actually use my "chip and pin" credit card when performing a transaction. I have yet to find a retailer where I can actually use it.

Just in the past few months I've been seeing many more of them around the Boston area in the U.S. at big stores. It's coming.

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Post by higherpurpose »

Fradow wrote: post #6

Relevant link: "Fingerprints are usernames, not password" (applies to all biometrics): http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user... Long story short, it's a bad idea, and it's really not secure.

It's much worse for pictures than fingerprints because most people have tons of pictures of themselves online now, and many are also public. It's probably just a matter of time before malicious hackers start spoofing their identities.

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Post by harperlee »

prof_hobart wrote: post #14
Fradow wrote: post #6

Relevant link: "Fingerprints are usernames, not password" (applies to all biometrics): http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user... Long story short, it's a bad idea, and it's really not secure.

In the two years since that article was written, how many cases have there been of iPhones actually hacked in the wild through TouchID?

How would one measure that, even if it is happening?

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Post by harperlee »

frandroid wrote: post #21
51Cards wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting, where are you located? Here in Canada I use mine practically everywhere on a daily basis.

They're in the U.S., the last large bastion of the magnetic strip.

And the paper cheque.

Re: MasterCard to start verifying transactions through selfies

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Post by logn »

I'm starting to feel like a grey neckbeard. In my day, when I wanted to hang out with my friends, I called them, from a landline, known simply as "the phone". These days, I'm at or near a desktop/laptop computer almost 24/7 so don't see much need for a smartphone. I dread the day when a smartphone is required to be a part of society. It's shifting in that direction rapidly. If being on Facebook/LinkedIn also becomes a necessity, hopefully I'm already retired and have a beautiful lawn.
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