[rsync]

False.

You can sign up for US mobile service, which is a Verizon MVNO, right this moment with no personally identifiable information at all.

Remember: neither the visa nor MasterCard payment networks have any support for customer name. Everyone pretends that they do, but they do not. In the absence of an additional security layer like “verified by visa “there is no way to verify cardholder name.

[rationalist]

I thought the verify name/address/etc beyond just the 3-4 digit code on the back was just a feature that cost the merchant extra.

(I literally put 123 Fake St in payment portals.)