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I thought they used Chip & Pin in Europe? Wouldn't that make skimmers a much less useful proposition? Also the women next to him was hilarious. Clearly think
by hackeraccount 10y ago
I thought they used Chip & Pin in Europe? Wouldn't that make skimmers a much less useful proposition? Also the women next to him was hilarious. Clearly thinking "Who is this nutbag and why is he grabbing at me?"
- yardie 10y agoThey do but if you are a tourist getting money from this machine it might not have a chip (i.e. most US debit cards). Even if you are using a chip and pin they still use the ancient magnetic strip and PIN when getting money abroad. As I learned when I used my Eurocard in Puerto Rico. The machine was the older dipping kind; it felt odd to have the card in my hand while typing in the PIN.
- patcheudor 10y agoYup! It's reading the magstripe of the card and that means it gets the account holder name, card number, expiration, and CVV. Being in a tourist location it will get that information from a lot of cards which can then be used to make online purchases, etc.
- amenghra 10y agoYou are missing a step between the stealing and the online purchase. For online purchases, banks validate the CVV2, which is not the same as the CVV on the magstripe.
- kweks 10y agoThe magstrip has a bit that declares whether or not the terminal should require a PIN. Flip the bit, write to a blank card, and make purchases.
- leni536 10y agoIt doesn't protect you from online payments.