Re:Swiping left on magnetic stripes
by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @05:00AM
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All of my cards have the tap to pay symbol, so all I do is tap the card and it works pretty much every time. If it does not, then I insert it into the chip reader.
Since cards can have tap to pay, chip, and stripe all on the same card, I do not see the uncertainty in merchants supporting it to be an Achilles heel since you will have the card anyway. It might be an Achilles heel for Apple Pay/Google Pay, but not contactless/tap to pay in general.
Re:Swiping left on magnetic stripes
by aidenn0 on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:22PM
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I have run into terminals where if you do tap to pay and it fails, it won't accept the chip until the cashier re-runs the transaction. This has caused me to just not use tap to pay.
Since cards can have tap to pay, chip, and stripe all on the same card, I do not see the uncertainty in merchants supporting it to be an Achilles heel since you will have the card anyway. It might be an Achilles heel for Apple Pay/Google Pay, but not contactless/tap to pay in general.