Smart card aims to fight fraud

[Charles Lindsey]

	On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 23:13:02 -0000
	"Peter Tomlinson" <pwt@iosis.co.uk> said...

> 
> I think this is a spoof.

I don't see why, given the assumption that it is meant to plug in to the
merchant's machine like the new-fangled smart credit cards, and not to
operate via the magnetic stripe.

For sure it could offer the possibility of providing more security that
whatever minimal amount Visa/Mastercard have decided to build into their
"official" systems.

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