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Re:Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers by adventured on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @09:05PM (#32845697)
When it comes to dipping the chip, it can wear down after a lot of use and stop functioning. I've never run into a problem with tapping however.

Here's an example image from a NY Times story about chips wearing down:

https://i.imgur.com/XlKEBsc.jpg

The last card I replaced due to chip wear, the chip looked even worse than that.

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Re:Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers by ThePowerOfFuet on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:24AM (#32862769)
That is a totally acceptable amount of wear.
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