...multiple pages, but again here's an example of what Bruce Schneier calls
"security theater" in action.....

<snip>

In my lifetime, I have made nearly 15,000 credit card transactions. I
purchase almost everything on plastic. What bugs me about credit card
transactions is the signing. Who checks the signature? Nobody checks the
signature.

Credit card signatures are a useless mechanism designed to make you feel
safe, like airport security checks. So my question was, how crazy would I
have to make my signature before someone would actually notice? Here is the
actual signature on my credit card:

http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit/



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