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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by shakna on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:43AM (#29227944)
> The potential for malevolence in a country the size of Togo is limited, but I'd rather not have the same processes in my own country.

The potential for building more advanced fraud protection systems also scales with the nation being discussed. Especially when you consider that the world's largest fraud protection experts are already operating within the borders of most of those richer nations.

Why not partner with MasterCard or VISA?

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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by hpoe on Monday November 15, 2021 @10:41AM (#29228657)
Having worked with the "fraud prevention" departments of the most advanced nation on earth in cases where they screwed up I can guarantee you they aren't that advanced.
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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by gruez on Monday November 15, 2021 @10:39AM (#29228632)
>Why not partner with MasterCard or VISA?

Because the problem domain is different for credit card transactions compared to covid stimulus?

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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by shakna on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:46PM (#29233213)
The problem domain is identity verification, by and large. Something that we have many, many very large multinational corporations solving on a transactional basis that absolutely dwarfs stimulus' programs needs.

Yet, somehow, the stimulus programs still require exorbitant amounts of their budget to verify known persons, and use this as a way to deny access to those who are most vulnerable.

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