[Gllug] [ot] borked net transaction

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On Sat, 7 May 2005, Christopher Hunter said:
> Nope.  The PIN is actually held on the card as some of the banks don't 
> actually have properly working verification yet.  The situation is a real 
> mess, and doesn't look like being rectified in the near future.  

That's extremely strange. I'd have expected the banks to use existing
tech for this (i.e., that used for ATM PINs), and ATM PINs are certainly
*not* held on the card: only an offset is held on there, so you can
change your PIN by adjusting the offset.

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`End users are just test loads for verifying that the system works, kind of
 like resistors in an electrical circuit.' - Kaz Kylheku in c.o.l.d.s
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