> From: Tom Limoncelli [mailto:t...@whatexit.org] > > What method would you prefer we use to > verify you are who you say you are? I will gladly forward your > suggestions to the product group (no promises, but I am very > interested in what you suggest)
You know what? Nevermind Verified by Visa, etc. As other people have mentioned, it can be infeasible in some circumstances, and not every bank or vendor is equipped to use that stuff. Today I tried to buy something in Euros (completely independent and unrelated to google.) The transaction was declined. My bank immediately called me. An automated system informed me that this is the credit fraud prevention system, and if I have any doubts about the identity of the system calling me, I could get their phone number from their website or the back of my card, and call them instead. It asked me my security question, "what is the make and model of your first car" to confirm my identity. (I'm not just some hapless person who just had his wallet, credit cards, and cell phone stolen.) It asked if I'm in control of my cards, and did I authorize the following transaction? I told it Yes. So it told me, that I should resubmit my transaction, we apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for using this system. In the future, if I know I'm going to be performing suspicious activity, I can call them to notify them in advance, to avoid any inconvenience. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
