"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 09:35:36 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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>>
>>"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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>>> On 1/3/2016 6:20 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>>>
>>>> My MIL has a credit card, but I'm not sure how often she actually uses
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> I was in the grocery store with her last week, and when we got to the
>>>> check-out she said she wanted to use her card, then she handed it to
>>>> me and asked me if I'd do it. Then she whispered her PIN to me.
>>>>
>>>> I took the card, waved it over the pay-pass screen*, and handed it
>>>> back to her. "Easy!" I said to her.
>>>>
>>>> *In Canada, we don't have to swipe a card and enter a PIN. We just
>>>> have to touch a screen with the card. The whole thing takes about 1.5
>>>> seconds.
>>>
>>> That's the RFID chip in the recent cards. Those are the ones you want to
>>> protect from chip readers that thieves carry these days. A tin foil hat
>>> for your credit card so to speak, but in this case it isn't paranoia.
>>>
>>
>>We do have swipe but I prefer to insert my card and use my pin. ATM* we
>>do
>>have a choice but not sure for how long.
>
> I've never used an ATM. I print my own. LOL
> I honestly see no point to an ATM...

*At the Moment ... as you well know!!!!!


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