[Gllug] natwest fantasticness

[Pete Ryland]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 01:37:54PM +0100, Nick Richards wrote:
> >On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 11:43:49AM +0100, Doug Winter wrote:
> >>Yeah, all those bag snatchers are well equipped with magstripe readers
> >
> >All you need to duplicate a magnetic strip is a cassette tape player.
> 
> I thought that another point of these new cards was to phase out the 
> magnetic strip in favour of the chip on the front. (thus chip and pin) 
> so there would be a slightly higher technical barrier to entry. 
> Obviously not all that much but it's better than nothing.

Either way, I was just making the point that a "magstripe reader" is not
some fancy expensive-to-make device but can easily be fashioned from disused
household items.

Pete
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