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Re:Gas Pump Skimmers by Jaruzel on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:48AM (#15282317)
Same here in the UK - it's ALL Chip & PIN, I can't even recall the last time I had to swipe my card[1], and I use it a LOT (yay, Airmiles!).

If the payment is <= 30 GBP, it's an offline transaction as well. Anything over that amount triggers a round trip to the backend servers.

As an aside, it's now perfectly possible to live a cashless life in the UK if you wanted to.

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[1] That said, I think ATMs read the mag-stripe... but I don't really use those either these days.

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Re:Gas Pump Skimmers by falsedan on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @08:08AM (#15283881)
> If the payment is <= 30 GBP, it's an offline transaction as well

It's still online (card-present check), but skips authorisation (no PIN needed).

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Re:Gas Pump Skimmers by reaperducer on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @01:47PM (#15286922)
> it's now perfectly possible to live a cashless life in the UK if you wanted to

Perhaps in London. Try spending a long weekend in Torquay.

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Re:Gas Pump Skimmers by Jaruzel on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @08:55AM (#15293183)
I'm sure the Tesco, Sainsbury, Co-Op, and Waitrose in Torquay can handle card payments if you were really stuck.
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