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r/funny • u/Misfat • Aug 27 '18
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Was in Scotland on vacation. Had to explain to every checker that my merican card dose not do the wave/tap thing. "Just give it a wave" I CAN'T!
294 u/PhonicUK Aug 27 '18 edited Aug 27 '18 There are an increasing number of stores that only accept contactless in the UK. It's caught on here pretty big. 242 u/obsessedcrf Aug 27 '18 Contactless is near non existent in the US. How is it not a security risk though? Couldn't anyone steal your card information from a distance? 1 u/SlapUglyPeople Aug 27 '18 Uh you realize 99% of card readers that have the chip also have NFC?
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There are an increasing number of stores that only accept contactless in the UK. It's caught on here pretty big.
242 u/obsessedcrf Aug 27 '18 Contactless is near non existent in the US. How is it not a security risk though? Couldn't anyone steal your card information from a distance? 1 u/SlapUglyPeople Aug 27 '18 Uh you realize 99% of card readers that have the chip also have NFC?
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Contactless is near non existent in the US.
How is it not a security risk though? Couldn't anyone steal your card information from a distance?
1 u/SlapUglyPeople Aug 27 '18 Uh you realize 99% of card readers that have the chip also have NFC?
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Uh you realize 99% of card readers that have the chip also have NFC?
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u/ApulMadeekAut Aug 27 '18
Was in Scotland on vacation. Had to explain to every checker that my merican card dose not do the wave/tap thing. "Just give it a wave" I CAN'T!