Right - I understand. but my bank didn't - I could try again.. but I
spent quite a lot of time with a young lady searching for info on how to
do it and their only solution was that I get an ATM card juts for taking
out cash. The bank is and I told them about it being possible in England.
I may try again..
On 9/8/2021 9:10 PM, mike wilson wrote:
Just to clarify; the bank does nothing to the card. It just alters the
protocols on your account so that it does not allow contactless payments.
On 08 September 2021 at 23:56 ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
I tried .. I went to the bank today to ask if they could remotely turn
off the switch as Mike had reported he had beena ble to do in England.. but
as you say below, P.J. , disrupting it somehow would also disable the
chip and strip - the gal at th e bank pointed out to me that the "swish"
feature was imbedded right under the chip .
but MIke's suggestion of having two swishables in my purse next to each
other would confuse a reader and nothing would get processed... although
I seldom carry more than one card so if somethin untoward occurs only
one of my credit/debit cards is affected.
I really love my pretty little LeSportsac lanyardlike thingy.. if I can
find a small enough one that has the protective stuff sewn in and is not
too heavy I'll switch.
ann
On 9/8/2021 5:50 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
You could do worse than just cash. Unfortunately anything that I can
think of that would disable the contactless system on your card would
probably also disable the chip and swipe strip at the same time. The
banks and government really want you to be traceable in all your
economic transactions abet for somewhat different reasons.
This really annoys me, so I try to tell them to stuff themselves as
often as possible, and cash is the hardest thing to trace. It also
can't be automatically deducted from your wallet as yet.
On 9/7/2021 11:18 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:
I do have a sleeve.. it just makes my mini purse a bit crowded..
At the moment I"m just swinging it around to my back when I get on a bus
and sadly I see that the little symbol is in fact lined up with the
swipe strip..
may have to go back to carrying just cash
ann
On 9/7/2021 9:55 AM, Bill wrote:
I don't think you can disable near field communicationo have a
sleeve without taking the
card apart. About the only option is a sleeve that blocks the signal.
Bill
On Tue., Sep. 7, 2021, 7:46 a.m. ann sanfedele, <ann...@nyc.rr.com>
wrote:
Intro:
we are now issued credit and debit cards with a little "speaker"
symbol
on them so that one can be totally contactless when using a card..
just
swish your card on the vicinity of/ over the designated reader and it
takes your money. IN NY we have these things called an OMNI reader on
busses and subways. since I am a senior I have my own card which one
still has to swipe because the Omni machine is reading your regular
credit crds and doesn't know you are old. HOwever that does not keep
the OMNI machine which is often located right next to the metrocard
slot, from reading a credit card that gets close to it. bottom line..
MY debit card is in a lanyard that hangs on my neck
and at a level that , when I leaned forward to dip my metrocard got
too
close to the OMNI reader and releaved me of $2.75 ..
NOw I have to pay especially close attention to my money so I found
what
happened and eventually got my money back and was told I should
keep my
credit cards in those protective sleeves they make for passport cards.
I also can't get another card without the chip in it that lets you
swish
instead of insert a card ...
anyone know how I can disable that feature without disabling my
regular
chip or swipe strip? IT is at the opposite end of the card from the
regular chip and not near the
swipe strip.
Thanks
ann
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