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		gcr on April 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linode hacked, CCs and passwords leaked Why can't they be stored? Is it a legal requirement to prevent merchants without the CCV from using the credit card? ...oh wait

duskwuff on April 16, 2013 [–]

Because the CVV is used to indicate the "presence" of the customer at a transaction. CVV1 (which is on the magstripe) is used to indicate "card-present" physical transactions, CVV2 (printed on the back) is used for "customer just typed this in" non-physical transactions.

gcr on April 17, 2013 | [–]

That makes much more sense. Thank you.

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