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minus-squareSeefra 1@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoMagnetic strip? Is that still a thing? All terminals I’ve seen in the last decade or two use the smart card or the NFC. Magnetic strip is insecure.
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 month agoMagnetic Stripe is still used in the US as a backup because some places still don’t have the chip nor rfid thing in their transation terminals.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoMy card doesn’t even have a mag stripe
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt actually might. The strip doesn’t have to be visible to work.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt doesn’t. They’ve been phasing them out here for a couple of years.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoThis was a long time ago. I think the replacement card I got was the first I got that had a chip in it. Or I’m misremembering and it was the chip on the card that was acting strangely. Either way, the card was basically worn out.
minus-squareDaGeek247@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoMy chip is a couple years old and has started to cause issues on occasion with the more finicky readers. I just tap when that happens, but it’s still annoying when it does.
Magnetic strip? Is that still a thing? All terminals I’ve seen in the last decade or two use the smart card or the NFC. Magnetic strip is insecure.
Magnetic Stripe is still used in the US as a backup because some places still don’t have the chip nor rfid thing in their transation terminals.
My card doesn’t even have a mag stripe
It actually might. The strip doesn’t have to be visible to work.
It doesn’t. They’ve been phasing them out here for a couple of years.
This was a long time ago. I think the replacement card I got was the first I got that had a chip in it.
Or I’m misremembering and it was the chip on the card that was acting strangely. Either way, the card was basically worn out.
My chip is a couple years old and has started to cause issues on occasion with the more finicky readers. I just tap when that happens, but it’s still annoying when it does.