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In response to "we can't even get places to convert completely over to chip readers -- nm" by Epiphany

Because they're a terrible solution and businesses know it.

Posted by Da5id (aka David) Apr 20 '17, 07:03

Banks tried to jam it down the throat of commercial vendors. Customer pushback has left merchants stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place.

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Oh man, I love chip readers. - Reagen Apr 20, 07:20 18
- since paywave I've occasionally forgotten mine. I don't buy a lot of things over the paywave limit. - mafic Apr 20, 07:23 6
  - Yup. "Wait, that one? ... No, it's the other code. Ah, wait." -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:25 5
    - I can get money from the ATM with my phone. I have no need for PINs. That's valuable brain space! -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:27 4
      - The phone thing isn't quite here yet. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:46
      - wells fargo now has the ATM thing with your phone. I have yet to try it -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:35 2
        
        I've actually only used it like twice when I forgot my wallet. You still have to press almost as many buttons on the machine near my office. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:44
        
        Do it while you are walking your dog. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:35
- Swiping was vastly superior, but fingerprints would be great, too. - Da5id Apr 20, 07:22 10
  - How the hell was swiping & signing better than tap to pay? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 07:26 9
    - I'm now wondering how long some of you take to sign your names. - Da5id Apr 20, 07:27 8
      - Some have gotten better, but I can't understand why the process is slower for the chip (though it definitely is). - pmb Apr 20, 07:56 3
        
        The chip is an entire computer that has to boot up Linux. - Beryllium Apr 20, 07:58 2
        
        So drumpf's ten year old can hack it? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 08:12
        
        Wow. I had no idea. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 08:04
      - Well, my signature is done in pointillism. - mafic Apr 20, 07:35
      - ?? Tap and walk away. iPhone makes it a bit more complicated because I have to use a fingerprint, -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 07:34 2
        
        Tap's below. We're still talking chip readers here. -- nm - Da5id Apr 20, 07:46 1
        
        Chip and pin and tap-to-pay are tied up in my mind as requiring the same technological rollout. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 08:05

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Because they're a terrible solution and businesses know it.

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