The history of credit cards is also somewhat wild: unsolicited cards arrived activated in the mail, and consequently, a huge volume of credit card fraud was bor

The history of credit cards is also somewhat wild: unsolicited cards arrived activated in the mail, and consequently, a huge volume of credit card fraud was born. Consumer protections came a few years later cleaning up obvious issues. But looking at that story, it seemed awfully reminiscent of the Uber model.