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> I disagree (apart from the Natwest bit ... which is still the same btw).
Why am I not suprised. Remember there v1 release? It was Java based 
(shudder!).

> You're having to do one more step than usual, a step which should make you
> feel more comfortable about typing in your credit card details. You have
> previously picked the password, so no one else knows it ... and you're
> basically just being asked to prove it's really you who is using your credit
> card.

Hi, can you tell me a site which uses this? My understanding of "3D 
SECURE" is that you have to go off to another site and enter some other 
password. I'd just like to see an example! You said DABS but I'm not 
seeing it on there (indeed, there is quite a dialog about whether PayPal 
actually do 3D SECURE or not). I think you also mentioned tesco (or 
maybe I got the wrong end of the stick). I'm on their purchase path now 
and, whilst I see the "verified by visa"/"Mastercard SecureCode" (which 
I believe are just other names for "3D SECURE") I do not see where I am 
taken off to a third party site to enter another password. Perhaps this 
happens after the credit card capture step (ccheckout.asp)?

> 
> I use my credit card online several times a week in various places ... all
> of which (apart from the aforementioned Amazon) use this system. Personally,
> I would be more likely to be concerned with a site that hasn't adopted this
> than with one that has.

Please give me some examples as I'm scratching my head here.

> 
> We've been here before. People were up in arms about having to remember a
> pin number so they could shop at Tesco, instead of just signing a little
> slip of paper. Yet everyone is used to it now, and would probably sneer at
> those (few) shops who haven't adopted this format (God, I have to sign
> something!!!). This will be the same, I assure you ... in a short space of
> time.

I, for one, couldn't wait for chip'n'pin. I am also all for making 
eCommerce more secure online. I'm just trying to get my head around what 
3D SECURE (et al) means for me as a developer and for my clients.



Joel