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Re:Secret Service Warns of Chip Card Scheme by ci5er on Friday April 06, 2018 @08:34AM (#16772689)
> You have _much_ less fraud protection with a debit card.

Having had ~US$20K sucked out of my debit card (which was ~$10K more than I had), I can verify that you have essentially no recourse. Why the stupid bank authorized someone to go over by such a yuuge amount still baffles me...

Re:Secret Service Warns of Chip Card Scheme by distances on Friday April 06, 2018 @06:27PM (#16778046)
Any idea how that happened? I have a combined credit/debit card, but debit is chip only so it can't be copied. I can't see how it could be misused except at gunpoint.
Re:Secret Service Warns of Chip Card Scheme by ci5er on Friday April 06, 2018 @06:33PM (#16778091)
Sure ... it was a chip-less Visa debit card. My point is simply because it was routed to a DDA, not a credit line, the typical protections for a credit card don't apply. (This was the US). They are pretty clear about this in the contract. We even found footage of the malefactor checking out of a department store. Live and learn, I guess... This was some years ago. Now, I almost never leave the house with a debit card, and I have all my cards make my phone go bing! when they are used.