[Gllug] natwest fantasticness

Nick Richards nick at nedrichards.com
Tue Apr 6 12:37:54 UTC 2004


> 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.

Nick
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