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I think Facebook or Twitter logins would go s long way to solving credit card issues. A credit card purchase backed by a 10+ friend FB account is unlikely to be
by AlexMuir 11y ago
I think Facebook or Twitter logins would go s long way to solving credit card issues. A credit card purchase backed by a 10+ friend FB account is unlikely to be a scammer. Legit Facebook accounts probably sell for more than the cc being tested.
- kevin_thibedeau 11y agoThat would disenfranchise people without such accounts. It would also be trivial to game by scammers and thieves to the point of being useless.
- placeybordeaux 11y agoHow would you price 'legit' facebook accounts?
- robk 11y agoTrustev was a startup that did this. Indeed trivial to spoof though unless you do complex behaviour analysis of the account which seems hard to handle in the edge cases of mainstream users who aren't active in social media.
- bemmu 11y agoThey would probably just start generating FB accounts, because a similar thing happened when I started requiring valid email addresses: they just went ahead and generated a bunch of gmail/hotmail accounts to use.
- AlexMuir 11y agoGenerating Facebook accounts in bulk is not easy. I'm not suggesting that it's a panacea, but if you're looking for something to indicate a real purchase this would be strong. If someone logs in with Facebook and has 10+ friends then I'm going to say they are 99% legit. Plus you can look at their profile manually if you're in doubt. Of course you also offer email but those orders get more scrutiny. HN is an echo-chamber of hate for Facebook login but the real world (and I suspect your target market) does not share this.
- 0fx 11y agoA company demanding that I provide a Facebook or Twitter login to sell me goods or services would lose my business immediately and permanently.