[Teever]

Yeah, it's even worse than that. I was recently in the bay area and I went to pay for a burger with my Canadian chip&pin card and when I the card in the transaction was automatically approved with no need to enter the pin.

This was quite alarming.

[pintxo]

Germany here, there is a lower limit, below which we do not have to enter a pin. Maybe the same for you?

[hnuser123456]

Yeah, we do chip, and maybe signature if we feel like it

[cmbailey]

"feel like it" is practically never. I haven't had anyone ask to see my physical card to compare signatures in over five years.

[ZeikJT]

Isn't this really in service of the customer to not waste their time? The store is the one shouldering the risk because if it turns out to be a thief using the card the store loses money/goods. The more they try to verify you are who you say you are the less risk they are incurring. That's a benefit of credit, it's less risky for the consumer in the end.

[cmbailey]

Absolutely. Just providing information posters like the one above who don't live in the US and might be surprised that no authentication happens here.