The Machine Fired Me

Re:The Machine Fired Me by lostlogin on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @11:53PM (#17352450)

Mag strips are often used by ATMs and machines that you stuff cards into for tickets (train, museum etc).m I don’t know why but I’ve never encountered an ATM that uses the chip. I’m an MRI radiographer with expertise in the area of mag strip erasure. Chips are fine though and work after repeated exposure to 3T magnets.

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Re:The Machine Fired Me by pbh101 on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:25AM (#17352568)

I’ve inferred that the newer ATMs I’ve encountered use chips: the card stays in the machine for the entire transaction and is released to you right before the cash is dispensed.

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Re:The Machine Fired Me by eythian on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @08:09AM (#17354573)

I don't think I've ever used an ATM that doesn't do this since I started using them some time in the late 90's, even when the cards had magstripe and the chip was a twinkle in a beach's eye.

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Re:The Machine Fired Me by lostlogin on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @02:45PM (#17358405)

Pbh101 and eythian - where in the world are you? I’m in New Zealand usually and France currently and I’ll pay attention in the U.K. next week. I’d love the strip to be redundant.

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Re:The Machine Fired Me by eythian on Friday June 22, 2018 @06:27AM (#17372891)

From NZ, now in NL. In both places, the card is virtually always ingested into the machine, and only released as the second-last step (before you get the cash.)

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