Feb03
40 Million Credit Cards — III.
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In the first panel, woman 1 speaks.
Woman 1: You know how anyone can easily vandalize a Wikipedia article?
Woman 1: This is by design.
Woman 1: The liberal editing policy lets Wikipedia improve rapidly.
The next panel takes the form of a fantasy bubble. Inside the bubble a man sits at a computer.
Man at computer: Somebody vandalized this Wikipedia page. No problem, I'll revert it.
Man at computer: Done! Now I'll improve this article.
The next panel begins with the narrator's observation.
Narrator: But does it make sense to run a payment system that way?
A woman 2 is on the phone.
Woman 2: Sorry to bother you. I see credit card charges that I don't recognize.
No bother, ma'am. Undoing charges is my full-time job. Which ones are unauthorized?
Woman 2: I've been shopping so much I can't be sure. Doesn't your computer know?
Voice from phone: No, ma'am. That's your responsiblity.
In the next panel, a computer screen is seen that shows an indecipherable string ending with the legible characters: .onion.
Also on the screen is a small image resembling an onion.
Also on the screen can be seen the words: 40 million credit cards for sale..........
Woman 2 has the phone.
Voice from phone: Our job is to run an open, Wikipedia-like, nurturing environment that encourages participation by a global community.
Voice from phone: Vandalism of your credit card account by random strangers is allowed by design. We'll revert it only if you can identify it.
Woman 2 spreads her arms and brandishes the phone.
Woman 2: Are they nuts?
Title: 40 Million Credit Cards -- III.
Woman 1: You know how anyone can easily vandalize a Wikipedia article?
Woman 1: This is by design.
Woman 1: The liberal editing policy lets Wikipedia improve rapidly.
The next panel takes the form of a fantasy bubble. Inside the bubble a man sits at a computer.
Man at computer: Somebody vandalized this Wikipedia page. No problem, I'll revert it.
Man at computer: Done! Now I'll improve this article.
The next panel begins with the narrator's observation.
Narrator: But does it make sense to run a payment system that way?
A woman 2 is on the phone.
Woman 2: Sorry to bother you. I see credit card charges that I don't recognize.
No bother, ma'am. Undoing charges is my full-time job. Which ones are unauthorized?
Woman 2: I've been shopping so much I can't be sure. Doesn't your computer know?
Voice from phone: No, ma'am. That's your responsiblity.
In the next panel, a computer screen is seen that shows an indecipherable string ending with the legible characters: .onion.
Also on the screen is a small image resembling an onion.
Also on the screen can be seen the words: 40 million credit cards for sale..........
Woman 2 has the phone.
Voice from phone: Our job is to run an open, Wikipedia-like, nurturing environment that encourages participation by a global community.
Voice from phone: Vandalism of your credit card account by random strangers is allowed by design. We'll revert it only if you can identify it.
Woman 2 spreads her arms and brandishes the phone.
Woman 2: Are they nuts?
Title: 40 Million Credit Cards -- III.