Don't be so hasty to just stick it in any old slot.

[Glassunion]

Take a good hard look at it first.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-spot-credit-card-skimmers-2014-04-11?link=sfmw

This is real and as someone who works in the industry, can tell you, it happens more often than you would think.

When the hell will Visa, MC and Amex get their shit together? EMV technology exists, it works, and it's a whole hell of a lot safer for the customer. I'm ready to upgrade our hardware, but no authorizer in the US can handle chip and pin.

[mainer]

1. Amex offers chip and pin

I know my card has a chip, but I've never arranged for a pin.

[Glassunion]

3. They do. I have one. However no retailer in the US

That I am aware of actually uses the chip and pin functionality. I use in Europe, but here the mag stripe is what is read.

[DJ13]

2. Imagine my disappointment to find out this was about credit cards

Good info by the way!

[Glassunion]

5. It's what I call

The 'ole Bate and Switch

[intaglio]

4. Over in the Socialist Hell of Britain and Greater Europe

Chip and pin has been the default for 10 or more years, with good broadband the method is faster than cash.

Oh, I forgot it's the Number of the Beast according to Pat Robertson http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/03/pat-robertson-buying-stuff-by-computer-is-the-mark-of-the-beast/

[adirondacker]

6. Like our healthcare, give it a few decades to catch up along with internet. Corporate efficiency and

all that.