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Every gas station accepts normal debit and credit cards. On the other hand, skimmers and stolen cards are rampant at gas pumps. I'd be leery of deploying an un
by stickfigure 8y ago
Every gas station accepts normal debit and credit cards.
On the other hand, skimmers and stolen cards are rampant at gas pumps. I'd be leery of deploying an unmanned roadside credit card reader. Maybe the extra vetting is an anti-fraud measure.
- BronSteeDiam 8y agoWhat about all the vending machines that take credit cards?
- londons_explore 8y agoAll vending machines taking cards in Europe are NFC rather than magstripe, so aren't vulnerable to cloned cards.
- mcv 8y agoNot true. Most I know use chipped cards. Magstripe is indeed dead because it's woefully outdated and insecure, but there's more than NFC.
- ryanlol 8y agoThis just isn't a thing in Europe.
- mcv 8y agoCard skimmers most definitely exist. Many ATMs have a warning sign to check if the card slot has been tampered with. And the use of chips instead of the magnetic strips they used in the past makes cards impossible to copy. It's not a crippling problem, but that's largely because of such measures.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoI'm not sure where you live, but it absolutely is a thing in my part of Europe (the UK).