[Triple Ace]

Most things like that are just scams.

[Admiral Nelson]

I did report it, but who knows if anything will be done with it....

[Odyssey]

Originally posted by Tiara
Giving your PIN = EXTREMELY bad idea. Anytime, anywhere, anyhow.

[color=cc9900]Now, that's what I'd think too. Apparently not though - in fact, there are whole ad campaigns here in the UK trying to persuade people it's the best method. At work I routinely hand a PIN pad over to customers so they can input their PIN, which is requested instead of a signature with new 'chipped' cards.

Seeing as there are whole theorems as to the best way to input your PIN into a cash machine so that nobody, however close they are, can tell what buttons you're pressing, putting your PIN into some machine connected to a phone line in a little restaurant is... worrying.[/color]

[Arc]

Apparently when France switched over to using PINs to authenticate Switch transactions, card fraud dropped by some rediculous amount - 80% IIRC.

I share your concern though. Retailers are supposed to provide some sort or screening so noone else can see the keypad, but we're still going to have to watch out for over-the-shoulder theives, just like at an ATM.

[Ashrak]

only retards type theyr pin code on the web