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Re: Swipe-Free Credit Cards Tested
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Howe)
Sun Dec 14 10:33:00 2003
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From: "Dave Howe" <DaveHowe@gmx.co.uk>
To: "Email List: Cryptography" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:05:47 -0000
R. A. Hettinga wrote:
> The card companies say the system is much faster and safer because
> the card never leaves a customer's hand.
Here in the UK there is a second, slightly more sinister motive; a CC
receipt signed by a customer places the liability on the provider, while a
"Customer not present" transaction places it on the retailler. guess which
one a pin-code card falls under?
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