Product idea: A skim detector keyring?
On 1 August 2013 17:37, Harry McNally <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Karl (and Link) > > On 01/08/13 13:46, Karl Schaffarczyk wrote: > > Craig, > > My local credit union (CPS) happily disabled the contactless > functionality > > of their card when I requested it. > > > > Their solution was to set the authorised transaction limit to zero, which > > doesn't stop presentation of the card, but all transactions are declined. > > The chip and magstripe both work just fine. > > I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that the fast response of PayWave meant it > was > not authenticating the transaction in real time. So it's not clear to me > how > the transaction limit will prevent loss (or theft). If the transaction is > later declined then the merchant has a loss. > > > It might be worth asking Bendigo to make a similar adjustment. > > This doesn't prevent RFID card skimming; the concern raised by Craig. > > Harry > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
