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Credit card numbers themselves are security theater.
by zeroer 10y ago
Credit card numbers themselves are security theater.
- ma2rten 10y agoNot half as bad as Social Security Numbers.
- dfox 10y agoSSNs are identifiers and when knowledge of SSN gets you some privileges, it's problem with whatever gives you these privileges. Card numbers are on the other hand essentially explicitly designed to be used as authentication data and at the same time printed in big letters on the card and known by all parties involved in transaction.
- zeroer 10y agoThey're both pretty bad.