... wireless pickpocketing era

[Nicholas Bohm]

Peter Tomlinson wrote:
> Sergei Lewis wrote:
> 
>>> Moreover, I've paid for two meals now with no authorisation on my
>>> credit card: hand it over, they pop it in a machine and hand it
>>> back.
>>
>> I've seen tube and train ticket machines around London that work like
>> this too.
> 
> When I use those machines in London, they need a PIN.

But not if you're using a Chip & Signature card!

Nicholas
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