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The American chip and PIN rollout seems to be pottering along nicely. Whereas in England, for example, you pay at gas pumps by inserting a chip card and entering your PIN, or in certain technologically-sophisticated parts of the country (e.g., Addlestone) by using your Shell mobile app, and despite it being several years since to my certain memory my colleagues at Consult Hyperion had a Dresser Wayne pump control with a contactless interface down at CHYP End, in Texas you pay using a trivially-counterfeitable magnetic stripe card. Naturally, freelance card data entrepreneurs know which they prefer.

At least five Exxon stations in the North Dallas area recently have been targeted by tech-savvy criminals who installed Bluetooth-equipped skimming machines on gas pumps, authorities told Fox 4 News… To avoid becoming a victim, police told Fox 4 News that it is advised to pay inside and use cash when possible.

From Criminals using Bluetooth to steal credit card info at gas stations, police warn | Fox News

There you go. In 2016, the official police advice for dealing with card fraud is… use cash instead.

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