Smart card aims to fight fraud

[Peter Tomlinson]

I think this is a spoof.

Peter
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From: "Owen Blacker" <owen.blacker@wheel.co.uk>
To: "UK Crypto list" <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 12:20 PM
Subject: BBC: Smart card aims to fight fraud


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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1867000/1867073.stm
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> | A smart card that generates a one-off number every time you use it could
> | help tackle credit card fraud.
> |
> | Developed by a San Francisco company called PrivaSys, it has an internal
> | chip that can hold your credit and debit card details on a single piece
> | of plastic identical in size and shape to all your other cards.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | The technology patented by PrivaSys enables smart credit cards to
> | generate disposable numbers for each purchase.
> |
> | When you go to a shop or restaurant, you punch in a four-digit Pin
number
> | into the card to come up with a unique number to that sale.
> |
> | The card can then be swiped through existing card-reading devices and
the
> | account is debited.
> |
> | [continues...]
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