Re: (Fwd) British Study Claims That Photo Credit Cards Don't Work

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