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Re: remote reading devices?
Posted by AdamB

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(more from AdamB) on Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:39:46
In Reply to: Re: remote reading devices?, George K, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:27:39

Like Trev wrote, you're thinking of credit cards with RFID (which I've never seen), not the regular chip credit cards used here in Europe. The chip looks like a small SIM card and needs direct contact to be energized and read...

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OT: America Credit Cards in Europe.., AlS , Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:28:27
- Re: OT: America Credit Cards in Europe.., George K, Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:13:58
  - remote reading devices?, AdamB , Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:15:24
    - Re: remote reading devices?, George K, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:27:39
      - Re: remote reading devices?, AdamB , Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:39:46
        Re: remote reading devices?, TML, Tue, 1 May 2012 09:29:20
        further info, TML, Tue, 1 May 2012 09:33:45
        Wallet, Craig, Wed, 2 May 2012 08:08:59
        Re: Wallet, TML, Wed, 2 May 2012 15:37:04
      - those are RFID cards -- not as common, Trev, Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:18:47
- Re: OT: America Credit Cards in Europe.., Kristjan, Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:25:58
- Re: OT: America Credit Cards in Europe.., Bill Davies , Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:01:56
- Scandinavia, OKSaabs , Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:52:08
- No worries..., Larry West , Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:10:28
  - Advise your card issuer(s)!, Larry West , Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:13:26
    - Re: Advise your card issuer(s)!, EGD , Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:51:39
- Bring a second, backup card if you can, nateh89spg , Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:12:05
  - Don't travel abroad without at least 2 cards, AdamB , Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:28:10
  - Re: Bring a second, backup card if you can, Dean, Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:22:53
    - Yikes... That was my fear in a nutshell.nm, nateh89spg , Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:26:08
      - It's really not that big a deal...., Noel , Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:16:26
      - Re: Yikes... That was my fear in a nutshell.nm, LI_Dave, Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:52:54
- CapitalOne Visa, Bill Homer, Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:40:04
- Just back from Belgium a few weeks ago, Chadwick , Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:39:27
  - Counterfeit Currency out of ATMs, Steve T,, Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:26:22
- Re: OT: America Credit Cards in Europe.., LI_Dave, Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:30:05

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