From: Gordon
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Subject: Re: Credit Cards/Chip and Pin/ATM withdrawls
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:33:23 +0000
=?UTF-8?B?UGFsaW5kcuKYu21l?= wrote
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>The thread on carjacking is interesting. Increased car security makes
>it less likely that your car is stolen but more likely that violence
>against the driver will be used.
>
>A chip and PIN card is much like a car with an unbreakable locking system.
>
Exactly! At last you've got it!
Or do you consider it best to select a new car by its vulnerability to
break-ins? When did you last see a till operator check a signature
properly?
>"No matter what happens only I can use my card".
That is nonsense of course, with a copy of your sig on the back.
I can't believe that this thread has lasted so long; I requested a C&P
card as soon as they were available, rather than wait until my name came
up alphabetically.
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Gordon Harris
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