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Re:Major Swedish supermarket chain hit by cyberattack by reader_mode on Saturday July 03, 2021 @12:37PM (#27722841)
How do you process cards with hand cranks ?

Also these days I think you're legally required to use some sort of government fiscalisation service where each receipt is uploaded as issued or something like that.

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Re:Major Swedish supermarket chain hit by cyberattack by ratww on Saturday July 03, 2021 @02:34PM (#27723727)
There are small handheld readers for cards with chip/RFID + PIN. I've started seeing some being used here (EU) in such emergencies.

They're pretty cheap, I even have one myself.

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Re:Major Swedish supermarket chain hit by cyberattack by yissp on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:17PM (#27723149)
I've seen businesses in the US use these things during power outages. https://www.possupply.com/model-4850-flatbed-credit-card-imp...
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Re:Major Swedish supermarket chain hit by cyberattack by ghaff on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:20PM (#27723187)
Most of my cards aren't embossed at this point. They'd have to write the information by hand.
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