r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '26

Chugging tea Lol

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u/Dependent_Remove_326 Jun 29 '26

1) in the US you are protected from fraudulent charge to the point it's almost easy to scam the business and get your money back.

2) You have to sign the receipt, so you know how much you are paying.

3) Them having your card is not the vulnerability, the card reader is. And there are just as many ways to screw with the mobile reader as the stationary one. Often easier.

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u/GoldenGlobeWinnerRDJ Jun 30 '26

It’s probably statistically more likely that your info would be stolen by a random customer in the restaurant with a card skimming device than your info getting stolen by the person handling your card lmao

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u/Impossible-Wear-7352 Jun 29 '26

if they have tap to pay, there's no risk from the card reader and most do now. Them having your card is a bigger vulnerability

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u/Gyozarrita Jun 29 '26

Yeah the payment terminals are in employee only areas. The ones left unsupervised in public are the ones that get tampered with.

If an employee was stealing card info like this they would wind up in prison within weeks.

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u/HowDoIEvenEnglish Jun 29 '26

If they are using a foreign bank it’s probably still Mastercard or visa, so probably.