Title: RE: [Asterisk-biz] CC Fraud

 

> There is only one way to get around this right now, and that is to use

> Visa's 3d Secure, which requires the user to basically log into a Visa

> authorized site, and provide more information. MasterCard has something

> called SecuriCode (I think?) which is supposed to be deployed later this

> year around the globe, and is basically the same thing.

>

> Look, the "Card Verification Codes" (CVC/CVV/CVV2) don't do jack. It was

> a BS marketing ploy by MasterCard in the mid 90s to create an illusion

> of security. All it does is extend the card number by 3 or 4 random

> digits. The solution to this isn't an account/pin solution (which is

> what a CVC really is) but a fully qualified challenge/response

> mechanism. Otherwise, CVC codes just become databased like anything

> else.

[DC]


My thoughts exactly.

Cheers,

Dean

 

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