Forum Overview :: Tansin A. Darcos's Alter Ego

We have had these for years... by Oom Shnibble 11/12/2015, 9:02am PST And they do fuckall to prevent card fraud. The encryption has already been cracked and card skimmers are commonplace. Here you have organised crime syndicates who have also created exact replicas of card readers. They go around the country to gas stations on busy highways or restaurants and pay employees a few bucks to use them. After a few days they take the readers someplace else and by the time you see fraudulent transactions they are long gone.

My first purchase with a chipped card by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 11/11/2015, 6:58pm PST     Here in the UK the current wheeze by is contactless payment 11/12/2015, 5:51am PST         NFC with tokens - way better than chip by Entropy Stew 11/12/2015, 4:12pm PST             Didn't you know? Encryption is for teen Jihadis by David Cameron 11/12/2015, 4:24pm PST     "Hey guys, I bought socks." NT by The Essential Tdarcos 11/12/2015, 5:54am PST     PIN is not the norm, most just require signature by CattleHumper 11/12/2015, 7:25am PST     We have had these for years... by Oom Shnibble 11/12/2015, 9:02am PST         Credit cards and cheque cards. NT by Oom Shnibble 11/12/2015, 9:04am PST             Re: Credit cards and cheque cards. by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 11/15/2015, 2:41pm PST         Re: We have had these for years... by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 11/15/2015, 2:31pm PST