{"id":134433,"date":"2017-08-25T10:19:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T16:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134433"},"modified":"2017-08-25T11:35:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T17:35:03","slug":"dont-just-put-see-id-credit-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/25\/dont-just-put-see-id-credit-cards.html","title":{"rendered":"Don’t just put “SEE ID” on your credit cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Most merchants don’t actually follow-up, and in fact it increases their liability if they accept charges on cards marked that way. While signature lines are pretty shoddy security (they’re frequently not even checked, and there are any number of transactions that don’t even require them in this swipe \/ chip \/ online world), technically credit cards are not valid without a signature on the back.<\/p>\n

\nSee ID? Don\u2019t do it!<\/a><\/span>
\nSee ID? Don\u2019t do it!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Most merchants don’t actually follow-up, and in fact it increases their liability if they accept charges on cards marked that way. While signature lines are pretty shoddy security (they’re frequently not even checked, and there are any number of transactions that don’t even require them in this swipe \/ chip \/ online world), technically credit … Continue reading “Don’t just put “SEE ID” on your credit cards”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unnamed-9.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/07\/10\/signs_of_the_ti.html","url_meta":{"origin":134433,"position":0},"title":"Signs of the times","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 10-Jul-03 9:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"As someone was once told, \"You have the most pompous signature I've ever seen,\" and who struggles to fit it inside of those microscopic signature strips on the back of...","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135100,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/20\/mastercard-transactions-will-no-longer-require-signature.html","url_meta":{"origin":134433,"position":1},"title":"MasterCard transactions will no longer require a signature","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 20-Oct-17 8:08am","format":false,"excerpt":"MC has apparently given up on signatures as an identifying requirement on transactions, as of April 2018. 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When I swipe a magstrip card, I can put it away right then while the transaction is processing. When I insert a chip card, I have to sit there and watch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136142,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/21\/credit-card-companies-are-dropping-signature-requirements.html","url_meta":{"origin":134433,"position":5},"title":"Credit card companies are dropping signature requirements","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 21-Apr-18 11:37pm","format":false,"excerpt":"That's all very interesting ... but does that mean that basic physical possession of a credit card equates to being able to effectivley use it? Well, yeah, I guess. That's actually the rule now, given that most (live) merchants don't actually pay much attention to signatures. 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