Why Blockbuster looks at your ID.

[John Levine]

>| Not having to show ID may save annoyance, but it doesn't significantly
>| improve privacy.
>
>Most credit card issuers will happily give you extra cards, so your
>friends can spend your money.  In whatever name you want.  If you need
>to show ID, this can become, umm, complicated.

I dunno about your bank, but my credit card banks want the name,
relationship, and SSN for each extra card, and they tell me in various
ways that if I lend the card to anyone else, anything bad that happens
is my problem.




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