Why Germans pay cash for almost everything

Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by Symbiote on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:14PM (#14959988)

Without the CVC code, Stripe isn't going to accept the payment.

Even if it did, the bank is likely to block the transaction, or call/text for verification.

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Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by jhasse on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:39PM (#14961078)

> CVC code

I heard that those are very easy to crack. It might have been this article from 2011 where I read about this (German, sorry): http://www.zeit.de/2011/21/Kreditkarten-Sicherheit

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Re:Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by herbst on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:47PM (#14961162)

Not to mention half of the database leaks in recent years, especially of porn sites, contained them anyway

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