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Cooking bacon
On 8/8/2019 8:05 AM, Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 04:52:02 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
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>> On Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 6:43:57 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 03:11:26 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>> > wrote:
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>>>> On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 10:11:27 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> On 6 Aug 2019 22:49:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:
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>>>>>>> On 2019-08-06, graham > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The crooks had
>>>>>>>> swapped out the pads in a number of stores.....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They hadda a "heads-up" mini-documentary on that very thing on one
>>>>>>> of the major networks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They sed debit/credit cards could even stolen from "swipe-a-card"
>>>>>>> gas pumps. Never buy gas with credit/debit card if there is not a
>>>>>>> padlock on the door on the pump. It takes all of 10 secs to swap
>>>>>>> out an illegal "card reader" on most gas pumps. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> nb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You'd have to be pretty dumb not to spot it nb!
>>>>>
>>>>> No they are very sophisticated now and not obvious at all. The
>>>>> scammers even have hand held sorts where it's not at the machine now.
>>>>> They just walk by. Get RFID protectors.
>>>>
>>>> Neither my debit card nor my credit card has an RFID chip.
>>>
>>> I plan to go through my entire life without knowing, wondering or
>>> asking what an RFID chip is. So far so good!
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>> Refrain from wondering no longer. It's chip that receives signals from
>> a source of RF (radio frequency) emissions and answers back with its
>> ID (identity).
>>
>> I've got one on the access card for the building I work in. I wave it
>> at the sensor and the door unlocks. It works right through my wallet.
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> Ok, thanks, now I know 
>
Credit cards now have EMV ships, not RFID so they are more secure.
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