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Scott in SoCal wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> krw wrote
>>> info_at_1-script_dot_com@foo.com (spendwize.com) wrote

>>>> It may be "illegal" - I don't know - but its actually a protection
>>>> for you - there's so much credit card fraud these days, I'd rather
>>>> the clerks make sure I am whoI say I am.

>>> It's a protection for *them*.

>> Its protection for both partys.

>>> You're not protected by giving the cashier even more information about you.

>> Wrong. You're protected by not having a stolen card used.

> Heh. You think these pimply-faced, minimum-wage punks
> are putting any effort at all into verifying that the person
> presenting the card is in fact the owner of that card?

Plenty of them do.

> These droids are simply going through the motions. They NEVER check signatures,

I've had them do that.

> and when they look at my driver's license their eyes don't even focus.

You wouldnt know whether they do or not.

> My license photo has a picture of me with a moustache that I shaved
> off a couple of years ago, my hair is a completely different length,
> and I wear glasses IRL but don't have them on in the photograph.

Its obvious enough when that sort of thing has happened.

> Not once has a store clerk even given either my license or me a
> second glance. I bet I could go over to Santa Ana and get a fake
> DL with Obama's picture on it and these droids wouldn't even notice.

You'd lose your bet with plenty of them.

> If a thief steals your wallet, they not only get your
> credit card but they get your driver's license, as well.

Pity that the photo doesnt match.

> Your protection from fraudulent use of your stolen card is now almost ZERO.

Easy to claim. Hell of a lot harder to actually substantiate that claim.