I disagree. The basic operation of a credit card at the get go was for the customer to be authenticated by comparing the signature on the voucher with the one on the card. If they don't match the vendor refuses the transaction. This is still the basic MO for credit card transactions.
Shops like Fry's always annoy me when they ask for my Driver's license, make a cursory comparison of the picture and my name with my face and the card, and then complete the transaction without even checking the signature. Even for transactions for 1000s of dollars. Can they really spot a counterfeit license? Ron > > the signature isn't a fraud countermeasure ... it is a dispute issue. > if you dispute the charge and the merchant doesn't even have signed > receipt ... there is nothing demonstrating that you agreed to the > charge. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
