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A government-issued i.d., a u.s. mailing address. facebook will mail an authorization code to that address allowing you to buy ads. facebook has been working hard to increase transparency and faces a lot of criticism for allowing meddling during the 2016 election. i love it that all this technology, and youre going to get something in the mail in the end thats the verification. >> that could cut into profits theoretically. >> it could. it could, i guess. >> a bold move. >> they have got to tight...

Jenna: i used not want to give phone number ask you for backup. you realize that might be one of the most secure ways to get the authorization code. >> yeah. jenna: ask you a final question about the russia story. the russia story because were still calling it alleged hacking by the russians. still a little light on information. you worked in the government. you worked on hacking. how much information do we really know about this? what is your sense of what the government does know versus what i...

Stolen in the old fashioned swipe machines at the stores? simon, let me start with you on this. i know in europe, frankly all the rest of the world, right, has a digital kind of a system? whats the difference? >> it has a chip. basically, it sends an authorization code, a different one for every transaction. its encrypted. it sort of rotates it so you cant just take that and use it again once that encryption, that code is -- >> why dont we have it here? >> well, i think its because the banks hav...