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I haven’t even seen a check in decades. It’s incredible to me that you think a piece of paper and human contact is secure.
by diveanon 5y ago
I haven’t even seen a check in decades.
It’s incredible to me that you think a piece of paper and human contact is secure.
- zepto 5y agoIt’s incredible that you think it isn’t.
- mNovak 5y agoI never understood how a personal check could be secure. You can literally have them printed for you over the internet, and deposited via image. I just can't understand where the security comes from, it feels like a liability just having them.
- zepto 5y agoThey aren’t cryptographically secure, obviously. The security comes from the capacity of the banks to hold or reverse them, and the capacity of the legal system to jail people for check fraud.
- peoplefromibiza 5y agothat's by law in Italy Both parties have to be present in person and sign the documents in front of a notary that also collect copies of the checks emitted directly by the bank at the moment and write down their id number on the deeds