[oddlyaromatic]

It has more to do with chargebacks than verifying at the time of the sale, as far as I know. If I claim I don't recognize a transaction, the business can defend themselves a little if they have my signature recorded for that transaction.

[mikestew]

You mean the signature that was scrawled with a finger tip on a 4” touch screen? Yeah, that’s going to match what I wrote on the back of my credit card exactly.

I think it is for just this reason that MC is ending the signature requirement. They’re ain’t defendin’ shit if they think they’ll convince anyone that the 100 pixel-wide smear was done by me and not someone else.

[c22]

It doesn't matter if it matches the back of your card, it matters if you can say you didn't sign it under threat of perjury.

[ribosometronome]

Why is saying "I didn't buy that item" under threat of perjury not the same?

[JumpCrisscross]

> Why is saying "I didn't buy that item" under threat of perjury not the same?

People forget buying things. Our legal system has a higher bar for falsely disputing a signature.