On October 10, 2018 at 17:58 snasl...@medline.com (Naslund, Steve) wrote: > It only proves that you have seen the card at some point. Useless. > > Steven Naslund > Chicago IL > > >I'm pretty sure the "entire point" of inventing CVV was to prove you > >physically have the card. >
It's not useless, it protects against what it protects. Like dumpster-diving in the imprint days or if someone gets hold of all the credit card numbers + expirations (+ names, maybe) from your database. If you don't store CVVs (which is forbidden by contract) they won't have CVVs and sites which require them won't accept transactions. It's kind of like a PIN but yes too easily stolen. A friend used to write "ASK FOR PHOTO ID" in the signature portion of his credit cards and, I saw this, cashiers would look at it, look at his signature as if they were comparing, and say OK thank you! -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*