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Re:Ottawa Bitcoin exchange defrauded of $100,000 in cyber cu... by enraged_camel on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @12:32PM (#7422915)
>>Want a not-so-secret anti-fraud technique? If the billing address is Kansas and the IP is China, you probably shouldn't let that transaction go through. Really obnoxious for those of us who live overseas. Stupendously valuable, though.

It's also a great way to completely fuck over foreign students who use their parents' credit cards to be able to do things like buy textbooks, pay tuition, and so on.

Re:Ottawa Bitcoin exchange defrauded of $100,000 in cyber cu... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @12:40PM (#7422982)
Two factor auth (text/push notification) would alleviate a lot of this pain. American Express is moving in this direction with real-time fraud push notifications/transaction acceptance.