On 11 Jan 2010 13:56:09 -0800, p...@voltage.com (Phil Smith) wrote: >Fourth, Magstripe cards are easy to copy; chip-and-pin cards are (supposedly) >not.
Which effectiveness can be measured. >As for asking for a license, sure, it doesn't guarantee anything -- but it >probably stops the kid >who finds a card and says "Hey, let's go buy an XBOX!". So it's not entirely >worthless. >If you don't think it's worthwhile, then I assume you don't bother to lock >your car or house >-- the true professional won't be stopped by a lousy lock, eh? So the kid who found a card is stopped by either technology. I'd like to see some figures on how much professional fraud actually gets stopped by going to the more difficult to copy cards. Sure, chip-and-pin cards are more expensive for the pros to copy. But does that actually cut down significantly on their stealing? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
