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by oalae5niMiel7qu 436 days ago
Credit cards are trivially traceable to your legal identity, since anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer laws require that credit card companies keep this information. The government can subpoena this information just as easily as they could with pictures of your face or ID.
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How do you prove the person typing in the credit card details is the same person who owns the card?

I know I've read stories of kids taking cards to purchase games or other things online numerous times over the last 20+ years.