BBC: Smart card aims to fight fraud

Roland Perry roland at linx.net
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 17:04:58 +0000


In message 
<fc.004c540101969a403b9aca0057038f9b.1969aa7@oufcnt2.open.ac.uk>, Andrew 
Marlow <apm35@student.open.ac.uk> writes
>The LCD display on the card would also let you receive text messages
>about special offers,

What, even without being swiped (which would again be an impressive 
upgrade to the existing swiping technology)? Does it have some kind of 
pager built in?
-- 
Roland Perry