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PostPosted: 14:25 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Plus great ammusement on the odd occasion where a shopkeeper has snatched my card off me before I could put it in the machine and tried to do it via the contactless. It's happened twice now. Both times I took my card back off them and walked out of the shop leaving them to put the shopping away.


WTF?! "Hand back the card or pull back a stump, buddy." The whole point of contactless is for the merchant not to lay hands on people's cards Rolling Eyes I'd quietly enquire as to their card processor (Streamline, Barclays, PaymentSense, GlobalPay, etc.) and dob them in.
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PostPosted: 14:34 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bhud wrote:
A makeshift lightbox will show where the antenna begins. Sever it close to the chip, and contactless will be disabled.


Doesn't matter where you sever the antenna, it's an induction loop that powers up the chip. If you break the loop, no current can flow.
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PostPosted: 16:05 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just wrap it in tin foil ffs.
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PostPosted: 17:39 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Bank changed from Visa to Mastercard and sent a contactless card out.

Do not want.


i shone a torch at the rear of my card. it outlines the wire coming from the chip. then i marked the wire close to the chip with a felt tip.
then its just a case of drilling through the pen mark with a small drill bit to sever the wire.
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PostPosted: 17:44 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I understand the technology and have decided it will work for me best when that particular feature isn't there.


What's the objection?
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PostPosted: 18:00 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tbh I like the fact its quicker than cash when I'm buying a pint.
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PostPosted: 18:05 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
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stinkwheel wrote:


I understand the technology and have decided it will work for me best when that particular feature isn't there.


What's the objection?


Because someone could steal my wallet then spend my money and I have to rely on the bank deciding to give it back. Much harder if they don't know my PIN.

Thing is they say they'll give it back but equally, they are not required to and banks are dicks.
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Tbh I like the fact its quicker than cash when I'm buying a pint.


It's even quicker when you can run a tab. Predates POS cards and still quicker.
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PostPosted: 18:34 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
chickenstrip wrote:


What's the objection?


Because someone could steal my wallet then spend my money and I have to rely on the bank deciding to give it back. Much harder if they don't know my PIN.


Obvious now you say it, but do you know, that actually hadn't occurred to me! Doh!
I blame ageing.
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PostPosted: 18:35 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Luddites....


I can use a compass, will that do?
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Never trust anyone who says "nucular" instead of "nuclear".
*shakes head sadly*
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PostPosted: 18:41 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
How about going back to cash where they could steal a couple of hundred in notes if you lost your wallet?
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How about going back to cash where they could steal a couple of hundred in notes if you lost your wallet?


Can I just say, LOOOOOOLLLLLL!
'Ow the uvver 'alf live!
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PostPosted: 18:52 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
If someone stole my wallet, they'd probably come back to me demanding compensation Laughing
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Grey cars... and if it's not Battleship Grey + Gloss Lacquer it's black, silver, gunmetal, slightly darker silver... ohhh! a sort of grey/green on some posh car...

We're in the end times. All the energy has left the universe and it's all monochromatic Sad
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Could be worse, your bank could have fucked your bank balance by giving you a contact less card.
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Nobby the Bastard wrote:
Could be worse, your bank could have fucked your bank balance by giving you a contact less card.


Tbh, it doesn't really matter what banks do, I'll never completely trust them. Fortunately for me, I have nothing much in there for them to take. There are advantages to being skint Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:35 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Tbh, it doesn't really matter what banks do, I'll never completely trust them. Fortunately for me, I have nothing much in there for them to take. There are advantages to being skint Laughing


not trying to pick an argument, just curious. why dont you get a job? is it your health stopping you?
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It's all a scam. "I was defrauded!" Sorry, we can't get the money back. "Why? You know where it went?!" Yes, but... reasons.

If it all went in an account and got drawn out as cash by a load of cashpoint mules I could understand but even so claw back the money from the ppl you sent it to. Oh? They won't agree to such terms? Don't do business with them ffs.
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Tbh, it doesn't really matter what banks do, I'll never completely trust them. Fortunately for me, I have nothing much in there for them to take. There are advantages to being skint Laughing


not trying to pick an argument, just curious. why dont you get a job? is it your health stopping you?


A job?! A feckin JOB?!! Wash your mouth out with soap and water! Laughing
Everything's fucked, I don't have anything left to give.
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A job?! A feckin JOB?!! Wash your mouth out with soap and water! Laughing
Everything's fucked, I don't have anything left to give.


Stinkwheel is looking for a decorator, easy money Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:30 - 03 Sep 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nobby the Bastard wrote:
How about going back to cash where they could steal a couple of hundred in notes if you lost your wallet?

I never carry anywhere near that much cash for that reason, so having up to £100 contactless limit per transaction seems insane, especially in a not so great area (to put it mildly...).

I quite like entering my pin as it helps me remember it Smile
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Grey cars... and if it's not Battleship Grey + Gloss Lacquer it's black, silver, gunmetal, slightly darker silver... ohhh! a sort of grey/green on some posh car...

We're in the end times. All the energy has left the universe and it's all monochromatic Sad


It's fucking primer grey. Like when people used to get an old beater, weld up the rust, fill the dents in and slap a coat of primer on but needed to drive it before they'd saved up enough to get it resprayed.

I usually think "Done a good job there, it'll look good once it's painted." when I see one.
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Nobby the Bastard wrote:
How about going back to cash where they could steal a couple of hundred in notes if you lost your wallet?


How about using a way of paying which doesn't require carrying cash and is secured against casual theft by requiring the user to enter a code before it can be accessed?

Oh. Right.
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Oh God help me!, I appear to be turning into a No1 moany old bastard Crying or Very sad .
My gears get more and more ground these day over more and more trivial nonsense.

I’m f*gking annoyed with You-tube, for crying out loud, haven’t I got anything better to do?

It’s changed lately?
Now lots of childish nonsense seems to come up in searches.
Ie : cartoons and tutorials about Lego and how bubblegum is made! Evil or Very Mad

Moan moan moan moan moan moan
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