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Re:True Name – Mastercard by namdnay on Sunday January 07, 2024 @12:03PM (#38902890)
really? do they still copy the details with a carbon machine? here they'll just ask you to put it in the chip&pin machine and authorise the deposit
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Re:True Name – Mastercard by astura on Sunday January 07, 2024 @12:34PM (#38903168)
>do they still copy the details with a carbon machine?

Lol. No.

I have more than 20 American credit cards plus a handful of debit cards. The vast majority of can't be copied with those old carbon machines - they are not embossed.

The last time I've seen anyone use those old carbon machines was to pay for parasailing in the Caribbean in 2009.

>here they'll just ask you to put it in the chip&pin machine and authorise the deposit

Same in the US except there no PIN.

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