On 12 Jan 2010 14:28:02 -0800, [email protected] (Rick Fochtman) wrote: >-----------------------------------<snip>----------------------------- >Shops like Fry's always annoy me when they ask for my Driver's license, >make a cursory comparison of the picture and my name with my face and >the card, and then complete the transaction without even checking the >signature. Even for transactions for 1000s of dollars. Can they really >spot a counterfeit license? >-------------------------------------<unsnip>------------------------- >No they can't spot a phoney license. 99% of the population doesn't even >realize that birthdate and gender appear on the license on two places, >as a cross-check. Even a lot of police officers don't know where to find >the second occurance.
And the IS community has to realize that any solution is flawed if it requires these salesmen and/or everybody who does on-line shopping to be experts in security. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
