1996-04-08 - Re: (Fwd) British Study Claims That Photo Credit Cards Don’t Work

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From: “Declan B. McCullagh” <declan+@CMU.EDU>
To: WlkngOwl@UNiX.asb.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-04-08 21:46:26 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 05:46:26 +0800

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From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 05:46:26 +0800
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Subject: Re: (Fwd) British Study Claims That Photo Credit Cards Don't Work
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Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 8-Apr-96 (Fwd) British Study Claims
.. by "Deranged Mutant"@UNiX.a 
>      The results of Dr. Kemp's supermarket experiment proved very
> interesting.  In all, the majority of fraudulent cards were
> accepted.  Amazingly, 35 per cent of the cards bearing a
> photograph of someone completely different from the student were
> accepted.  A massive 64 per cent of cards bearing a similar
> individual were also accepted.  Another factor which seems to

Fascinating stuff. I've used Mike Godwin's driver's license to buy a
beer when I didn't have mine with me. And, trust me, we look nothing
alike.

-Declan






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