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When was the last time you used a stripe reader?
Even my "Chip and PIN" gets little use these days in favour of contactless payment.
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If you travel in the US, using the mag-stripe is still pretty much the norm...
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Two hours ago, before coming home? They still are everywhere here.
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OriginalGriff wrote: When was the last time you used a stripe reader?
Well, he did say that the chip on her previous one was broken...
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What? Doesn't she know not to sign cards? Write, "Check ID", instead. What is the world coming to? 
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Write, "Check ID", instead.
Many merchants refuse to accept a card with that written on the back. Crazy but true.
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I just simply don't bother signing my cards at all (and thanks to the missus, that's up to like 12 now...) Every card I've ever had and used for longer than six months has had the signature strip worn completely off from removing/replacing it in my wallet. I can count the number of times I've been asked for ID because of it on one hand.
Besides, with chips now, most merchants just assume if the transaction goes through it's all good anyway (never had a card checked for a signature or ID after the chip switch-over.)
The durability of those chips, however, is another conversation entirely... 
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Quote: The back of the card even had a box stating 'Sign Here'!
Pretty natural, her innate feeling kept repeating: "don't trust bankers".
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I have the same feeling about my mom, stoned by medicaments against pain against destroyed vertebras. I spoke with my son about it (my mom 84, son 20, me 54). My son told me, pleeeaaasse just be a bit lenient with her! Me 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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She signed it in a secure manner, no one can copy and use her signature for nefarious purposes if they can't see her signature.
When signing the card readers I don't think that the quality and consistency of the signature matters anyway. I can draw a slightly squiggly line from left to right and the signature is accepted.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Is a sadist just someone unhappier than everyone else?
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A Sadist is the only person who will me nice to a Masochist. 
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Matthew Dennis wrote: A Sadist is the only person who will me goes out of their way to be nice to a Masochist.
FIFY
How does the masochist respond? Thanks him and asks for more (?).
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Is a cantaloupe when the ladder won't reach her window?
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Couple that sill-y but pane-ful remark with how the groom had the rung ladder for the job
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That would make one meloncholy.
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Clearly, this is another fruitful discussion.
/ravi
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A discussion that may well be relegated to the compote heap.
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That's berry nice of you to say.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Thank you, I'm grapeful for your comment.
/ravi
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Perhaps a Rochet Melon then?
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the any key okay
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Productivity beats security when it comes to the modern business | ITProPortal[^]
I saw this post in CP Insider news today. It's 100% true with my case. 
When I started in my first office, Security folks at the gate literally frisk you upside down when you come in & go out. It almost felt like clearing a high security airport check-in with metal detectors.
In my next company it was just a Guantanamo bay , it was virtually disconnected from the internet world. You wont be allowed in if you missed to bring your ID. They'll prepare a new ID with Photo and issue, until that you'll have to wait near the gates.
You cannot open any website other than the ones in companies domain. Those were the times Facebook was starting to evolve, people just die to find some hack through proxies and get to see the outer world.
(Even CP was blocked, and guess what? this is exactly the time I was put in a Mega project that beat Visual Studio 6's intellisense to death. I happened to work on a complex C++ project with no intellisense & Google help. It almost felt like a fish out of water. Terrible times)
Using any proxy was a big offence as per the company's rule book. If you want to connect to Internet, you'll have to walk 50 meters & make use of a system that is put in a corner, with all device ports , admin rights disabled and just with a single low speed internet connection connected to a modem (out of the LAN router, It's a direct separate line)
Poorest of all is one sick company that doesnt allow even a camera phone. camera. If you still happen to bring one, they'll put a hard sticker on it & you are not supposed to remove it till you come back to the security gate.
You cannot bring your laptop/device into office.
And now in successive companies, these walls have gradually been broken down. Or I'm really not sure, if I naturally chose companies that doesn't treat you like a prisoner.
But I'm also not sure if this totally good. I remember long back when I joined this company as softwar lead, I walked up to the boss and suggested to disable USB ports & cut of admin rights to developers. (Whatever was taught to me as "security" protocol) , The boss replied, "That's okay". lol
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
modified 25-Jul-17 10:59am.
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Why would you want to work for someone who does not trust you? Paid work is a trade, and it is unwise to trade with people you can not trust.
Imagine not trusting a soldier with a rifle. Would be a very effective army, wouldn't it?
How many of those high-security places saved their users' password in clear text? How many machines were running without Windows Update?
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