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On a side note, can anyone explain to me how the CVV makes online checkout more secure? Presumably, if someone were to hijack your form, they would be getting
by jklein11 9y ago
On a side note, can anyone explain to me how the CVV makes online checkout more secure?
Presumably, if someone were to hijack your form, they would be getting the CC number and the CVV. If you lost your card, they would have the CVV. To me it seems like just adding another 3 digits to your card number.
- seanwilson 9y agoI think the reasoning is that to get your account number and the CVV number, you need to view both sides of the card so it makes it more difficult for a close by observer to steal your details.
- jklein11 9y agoA number of cards have the CVV on the same side of the card.(E.g American Express & Chase Sapphire) Also, if one has the CC number wouldn't it be feasible to brute force the CVV. There are only 999 permutations. You would have a .1% success rate.