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Re:Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers by Semaphor on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @10:49PM (#32846376)
That sounds like you are somehow mistreating them, or your local merchants use "special" terminals (or maybe your bank is just using crappy materials). I can’t even remember how long ago it was that swiping worked, but chips have never broken until I cut them for the replacement card, this is over 3 different banks.
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Re:Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers by mindcrime on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:27AM (#32850139)
That sounds like you are somehow mistreating them,

I don't think I am. All I do is take it out of my wallet, put in the reader, take it out, put it back in my wallet, lather, rinse, repeat.

or your local merchants use "special" terminals

That would make sense if we were talking about one merchant, or even just two. But I can go to Barnes & Noble, Lowes, Food Lion, the local corner gas station, Ace Hardware, it doesn't matter, I routinely find the chip readers less reliable than the magstripe reader. I can't explain it, but chips are tainted in my worldview at this point.

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