From: Cynic 
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Subject: Re: Credit Cards/Chip and Pin/ATM withdrawls
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:50:20 +0000

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:22:45 GMT, Mike Scott
 wrote:

>Tim wrote:
>...
>> It seems that proponents of the attitude that "it is unsafe
>> to have a C+PIN card", want to believe that PINs are
>> actually *insecure* (true) but that the banks/FOS/courts will
>> believe that they are totally *secure* (this bit is untenable).
>
>Sorry, but I have seen a bank rep saying these cards are /totally/ 
>secure and foolproof.  Which is exactly why I am worried about such cards.

A bit like a computer salesman telling you that the computer will
never crash.  The fact that the salesman is ignorant is no reason to
totally reject the entire concept.

-- 
Cynic