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  1. Techdisk Techdisk

    Oh, and heres the best part of the chip cards. Let's say your in a restaurant or bar or something, where you don't pay at a designated spot. You give your credit card to the person to take away, right? NOT IN CANADA! Here they bring YOU one of these wireless keypads: http://pny.lv/3odc as shown, you shove your chipped card in the bottom, input PIN, and your done. Your card never leaves your sight. It can't be skimmed by an employee looking to make a quick buck. Nope. Its in your hand at all times.

    Thursday, 14-Aug-14 05:45:47 UTC from web
    1. Matt Matt

      @techdisk They do that here too, I assumed they did that elsewhere as well?

      Thursday, 14-Aug-14 05:46:20 UTC from web
      1. Techdisk Techdisk

        @mrmattimation well it didn't happen when I went to Baltimore. None of the restaurants brought us a keypad.

        Thursday, 14-Aug-14 05:47:38 UTC from web
        1. Matt Matt

          @techdisk I mean, it's not exactly a standard here yet, but more and more restaurants in NoVA are starting to put little tablet devices at the tables and you pay from there instead of handing the card to the waiter.

          Thursday, 14-Aug-14 05:48:24 UTC from web
          1. Techdisk Techdisk

            @mrmattimation I've heard that the US was finally catching up, but yeah, its nowhere near standard. We've had this stuff complete standard in Canada for literally years.

            Thursday, 14-Aug-14 05:49:50 UTC from web