Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The "Golden Triangle" for credit card fraud is Thailand - Malaysia - Indonesia. If I use any credit card anywhere for shopping, no matter how reputable the shop, it gets cancelled and a fresh one gets issued to me in India. Never tried a debit card, though. Nowadays, I just carry cash/travelers cheques when I visit those countries. (-: Back to the good old days... Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:17 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>wrote: > Smart refers to the holder ;-) > > wiki says it all under the history heading Mark - Carte Bleue for instance > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Smart_card<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card> > > and contactless also refers to phones being used for the purpose of paying > in the shops, on buses, etc. but also making transactions and following > your accounts and giving/making orders - what I'd written about banks > selling cell-phone subscriptions. > > BTW, when in NYC earlier this year Alice's (French) international card > failed at an HSBC ATM close to Union Square - the cause was that the chip > was told by an international center in Ireland that since some cash had > been withdrawn 24 hours earlier in Germany, this might be stolen ID. > We asked her bank to lift the restriction and it took them less than an > hour to restore normal operation. > So not all fears about ID theft are grounded. > The system works in the US, I also withdrew what we needed for a good week > in your marvellous city, and safely entered my pin at Macy's and other > places. > Oh yes, bought a brand new outrageously expensive third party lens cap > from that Leica hop on 5th ... > Don't I look smart? > ;-) > > Amiti?s > Philippe > > > Le 4 juin 13 ? 10:08, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > > Ok then define "Smart Card". Because as you are a French guy you could be >> talking about who knows what!!?! >> I Wiki'd it. But its not all falling together. >> >> > One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to > the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. > NO ARCHIVE > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information >