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To the Personal ID data. That card contains biometric data and certainly more information that is not necessary for a transaction. If that card gets cloned, yo
by einrealist 12y ago
To the Personal ID data.
That card contains biometric data and certainly more information that is not necessary for a transaction. If that card gets cloned, you will lose more than just money. So the probability of identity theft is much higher - each POS can be an attacker.
Also, if MasterCard is maintaining both data sets and is losing it, will they be held liable for the Personal ID data too?
- vidarh 12y agoWhile that is problematic: This is Nigeria. Given that Nigerians themselves tend to vote Nigeria as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, I suspect many Nigerians may prefer Mastercard to be the one holding the data over the Nigerian government...