[Dataloss] semi-OT: OTP(urchase)

Chris Walsh cwalsh at cwalsh.org
Mon Feb 27 21:30:13 EST 2006


I don't see why Visa and MC have to design it.  Look at SET v. SSL, eg.

Perhaps the ubiquity of the mobile phone would allow it to be used as part
of a platform supporting this, inasmuch as it provides an on-line component
that one would have available at a brick+mortar establishment.

On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 08:47:26PM -0500, Adrian Sanabria wrote:
> For something like this to really have an impact, it would have to be
> designed and officially supported by VISA and Mastercard, and would
> have to work at Brick-And-Mortar merchants just as well as online
> merchants. Without using some kind of token device, I don't see any
> way that could be done today.


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