On 1/3/2016 10:01 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 16:43:58 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
> wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 2:01:06 PM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 1/3/2016 6:20 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> *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.
>>>>
>>>> Doris
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry to hear that. That type of card is being eliminated because it is
>>> possible to steal the information and clone them. New chip cards take
>>> longer but are much more secure.
>>
>> As of October 1st, 2015, businesses in the US were supposed to replace their card readers with new ones that take the chipped cards or face bad things happening to them. I got my new reader but haven't connected it yet. It seems like a lot of bother to have to swipe and insert the cards and input a pin. I've been telling folks that I haven't gotten my new reader up a running so a check would be perfectly acceptable but I don't think I can keep that up for long.
>
> I don't need to insert a PIN when I use my chipped card.
>

I have a debit card so it just uses the PIN. It can be processed like a
credit card but my assumption is that funds gets subtracted from my
account right away. That's goofy as hell, if you ask me.