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Reply to post: Re: How does CVV actually work?

Guessing valid credit card numbers in six seconds? Priceless

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Re: How does CVV actually work?

The CVV doesn't protect against phising. It protects against getting your card cloned at a physical reader (CVV not in magnetic stripe) and when a merchant loses a card database (CVV is not supposed to be stored)

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