Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say
Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say
Cash provides essential fallback when digital payments break down, Payment Choice Alliance points out
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Can't remember which one but credit cards were offline for a time with something and places that still had the carbon paper roller things stashed away took them out and used them. They should keep those things around.
10 0 ReplyNot sure how much good that'll be... A lot of banks are giving out cards where the numbers are only printed, I haven't had one with raised numbers in years.
3 0 ReplyYou could just write down the numbers.
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That's against the rules for PCI compliance
Under no circumstances should you copy a card
3 1 Replyare they not allowed now. The thing im thinking about was definately post 2000 but maybe not 20teens
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Serious privacy issues around copying cards. That means the store has to retain a physical copy of the full embossed card number.
There were boxes full of them in the backroom.
8 0 ReplyDo people still have embossed credit cards? All mine are flat now.
4 0 Replygood point. I think embossing went away about when wireless became ubiquitous with it. So they would need to be doing that again.
3 0 ReplyMy car is embossed. Then again it's also from a community credit union in southeast Michigan. Lol.
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My friends and I used to call those machines ker-chunkers. 😂
5 0 ReplyKnuckle-buster was the industry term, and they were already obsolete 20 years ago...
3 0 ReplyI've heard it mentioned as a "fly swatter" in my mother's tongue.
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