{"id":6281,"date":"2005-04-08T21:03:11","date_gmt":"2005-04-08T21:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/08\/insigniature\/"},"modified":"2005-04-08T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2005-04-08T21:03:11","slug":"insigniature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/08\/insigniature\/","title":{"rendered":"Insigniature"},"content":{"rendered":"\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> min<\/span><\/span>

Today’s web zen<\/a>–pranks–links
\nto John Hargrave’s wild tomfoolery with
\ncredit card
\nsignatures<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

Credit card signatures are a useless mechanism designed to make you feel<\/i>
\n safe, like airport security checks. So my question was, how crazy would I
\n have to make my signature before someone would actually notice?<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Debt still accumulated, turns out, but still good for a few kicks re
\ngrid
\nsignature<\/a> and
\nsnake,
\nbird, caterpillar<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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