On 7 Jan 2010 12:27:09 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >>The chip is not just data; it is a processor. All data exchanged between the >>card (ie. the chip) and the terminal is encrypted. > >Why can't their web-site say that? > >>There's obviously a lot more to it than that but, right from that basic >>level, the chip is inherently more secure that the stripe. I don't need >>Interac to tell me that. > > I'm not a full-blown security expert; I'm a Jack-of-all-Trades. >All somebody had to do is answer the question. > >(Mind you I'm still concerned that the new card had my 'secret' PIN already >allocated when I received it. >At best, they should have me take the card to the Bank, and enter a new/old >PIN)
Is the PIN on the card or is it at the bank where they assigned the one you already had on the debit card to it? >- >Too busy driving to stop for gas! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
