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Ask HN: Why doesn't my ATM know about my language?
I think it would be trivial to add a line of code to ATM so that it knows from my card number that I use English. Why is the first choice always about choosing the language? Is there a privacy problem here?
- mahmud 16y agoWith my Aussie ATM, I chose English the first time and it started remembering ever since.
- zeynel1 16y agoDo you know if there is a regulatory issue that this is not implemented in the US?
- mooism2 16y agoHow would the ATM know that you don't prefer French (if you're Canadian) or Spanish (if you're from the USA)? (Can the ATM even deduce which country you're from?) Is there a standardised space on the magnetic stripe to store your language preference? Or in the network protocol?