Why Blockbuster looks at your ID.

Cid Carlos Carlos.Cid at rhul.ac.uk
Sat Jul 9 12:19:05 EDT 2005


>I was in England last week where I noticed that the banks are 
>switching all UK credit cards to chip+pin technology.  We'll see.  
>For that matter, French cards have all been chip+pin for years.  
>Any idea what their fraud rates are like?  The French card machines 
>will do magstripe with a signature, but it's mostly us foreigners who need
it.

Below is a link to an interesting site discussing the "chip and PIN"
technology and its introduction in the UK (the article "Chip and Spin" also
addresses the French experience):  

http://www.chipandspin.co.uk/

Carlos

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