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Old 11-20-2013, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by murray607 View Post

Our VISA card issued by Royal Bank of Canada, here in Canada has an imbedded chip and we always use it by inserting the chip end of the card instead of swiping the magnetic strip. I think the chip card provides a better level of security, as it is possible for the magnetic strip information to be downloaded from your card, but apparently not the information on the chip.
The embedded chip cards are commonplace in Canada. When a chip card is used, the user is then required to enter a four digit "private password" number.

I haven't seen any machines in The Villages that read chip cards. I'm curious, are embedded chip cards not used in Florida?
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