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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ Scam Artist Has a Warning for Today... by keksicus on Saturday September 23, 2017 @12:51AM (#15318178)
>tfw you realize Bitcoin and Monero are more secure than your US banking account.

When are we going to stop the stupid practice of using serial numbers and strings for identity and start using strong cryptography to establish identity, authorized signatures, etc?

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ Scam Artist Has a Warning for Today... by bgwallace on Saturday September 23, 2017 @07:56AM (#15319335)
If strong cryptography is used, the customer won't get any money back in case of fraud.

Good luck proving a manufacturer key generation screwup on smart cards for example. Things like this happen.

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