[Gllug] OT - chip & pin

[Andy McGarty]

On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:55:26 +0100, Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk>  
wrote:

> On Friday I filled up my car at Tesco.
> When it came to pay they would not let me put my card into the  
> chip'n'pin machine
> that had the numeric keypad attached, instead they put it into their  
> till keyboard
> & then asked me to enter my number onto the numeric keypad.
>
> I refused to do this on the grounds that the chip'n'pin machine was  
> validated,
> having my pin go over some cable that went where I knew not and then to  
> my
> card was not secure since it is possible that the pin could have been  
> read through
> a tampered cable or something. There was much 'this is what personnel  
> says that I
> must do' from the tesco employee - I paid cash & left saying that I  
> would not buy
> anything from tesco again.
>
> Was I being paranoid ?
>
I'm amazed they didn't ask you to tell them your number and they'd enter  
it.

As most of the machines have no real anti surveilance covers I'd expect  
instore CCTV operatives already know your pin (or could if they wanted to).

Personally, I think its paranoid.

Andy


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