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Re:Can’t Hack a Hacker: Reverse Engineering a Discovered ATM... by Someone1234 on Monday May 02, 2016 @11:29AM (#11612221)
We had this in Europe for a few months, it was painful there too, but eventually everywhere will be chip only and the swipe will be literally removed.

I understand the US is doing a slightly slower rollout so you guys might have to put up with either/or for almost a year, but once it is done you'll get used to using the chip pretty quickly.

The two "big" dates for EMV in the US is Oct 2015 (liability shift: merchants) and October 2017 (liability shift: fuel dispensers and ATMs)[0]. After Oct 2017 there will be no reason for banks to issue cards with a magnetic strip at all (although they CAN for travel).

In Europe some banks no longer issue cards with magnetic strips (chip only).

[0] https://www.aciworldwide.com/-/media/files/other/published%2...

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Re:Can’t Hack a Hacker: Reverse Engineering a Discovered ATM... by tekism on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:31PM (#11613533)
One thing I don't like about the chip is it seems to take a much longer time to authenticate. Is this the same in Europe as well? Would be nice if it was as fast as a swipe. But I rather have better security.
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Re:Can’t Hack a Hacker: Reverse Engineering a Discovered ATM... by kempbellt on Monday May 02, 2016 @03:34PM (#11614769)
My main gripe, which is pretty trivial I guess, is that I'm so used to just swiping the card and throwing it back in my wallet. Using the chip requires leaving the card in the reader until the transaction is complete, so I've almost walked off without my card a couple times. I agree though. I'd rather have better security. I just need to adjust my habits :)
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Re:Can’t Hack a Hacker: Reverse Engineering a Discovered ATM... by extrapickles on Monday May 02, 2016 @04:14PM (#11615152)
They are working on making it faster[1], though I wouldn't hold my breath for it to be rolled out anytime soon.

[1]: http://investor.visa.com/news/news-details/2016/Visa-Speeds-...

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Re:Can’t Hack a Hacker: Reverse Engineering a Discovered ATM... by kbart on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @01:08AM (#11618070)
It has mo to do with connection to host/processor than the chip itself. Reading chip takes milliseconds usually.
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