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At this point, this is simply the negligence of the banks. Most OECD countries switched to chip technology over a decade ago.
by bparsons 4y ago
At this point, this is simply the negligence of the banks. Most OECD countries switched to chip technology over a decade ago.
- AnotherGoodName 4y agoIt may be worth running a magnet over your cards at this point. I can't think of a time I've used the mag-stripe. The skimmers here have a passthrough hole for the chip which means the mag-stripe only exists to feed the skimmers. So even this use case that gets skimmed isn't even using the mag-stripe itself! Fuck it. Where's my magnet.
- olyjohn 4y agoI've used the mag stripe tons of times over the last couple of years. Most of the time it's when I get "CHIP MALFUNCTION" errors at a card reader, or sometimes they just tell me to swipe for no good reason. I wouldn't kill the stripe unless you've got a backup with you, at least for a while.
- bparsons 4y agoTap is the standard, chip is the backup in Canada. I don't think my card would work with swipe anymore.