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The only people I have seen in the US who still use pagers are hospital employees and that seems to be based on dubious reasoning at best (besides it possibly c
by RK 17y ago
The only people I have seen in the US who still use pagers are hospital employees and that seems to be based on dubious reasoning at best (besides it possibly cheaper for the hospital).
What is the advantage of the chip+pin system versus magnetic strip + pin?
A friend of mine was visiting the US from Europe and had one of those cards with the magnetic strip on one side and a smart chip on the other and he tried to use it to buy something in a store here. The first time he swiped it it didn't work and then the people at the store looked at his card and refused to let him use it because they thought it was some kind of "hacking device" or something!
- axod 17y ago>> "What is the advantage of the chip+pin system versus magnetic strip + pin?" Copying a magnetic strip is trivial. Hand your card to a waiter and they can swipe it in less than a second and create a clone card. The chip however, is much harder to copy. Several places in the UK will refuse to swipe your card (magnetic), only allowing chip+pin now.