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Originally Posted by rubicon
Libel or slander its a bet that if someone posted it on TOTV they also repeated it to friends and neighbors so I suspect both forms of defamation have been exercised. The defense to defamation is truth
In my view the bigger issue is the affect credit card fraud/hacking is having on us all. We simply do not trust our credit cards safety any longer.
Many people are refusing to use their credit cards for smaller purchases.
The President & CEO of Visa is pushing for removal of magnetic strip credit cards, etc.
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I agree. The issue here is not with Evergreen Buffet. Whether they did or did not get credit cards compromised is only a small part of the much larger problem. If they did, that could happen anywhere. Evergreen is not the issue, but American credit card policy is the issue. To spread this email with a finger pointed at Evergreen Buffet is wrong.
A potential solution that is widely used in Europe is the embedded chip. Please read the description below and encourage your credit card company to adopt this policy too:
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Smart Chip is a credit card technology where cards are embedded with chips and a cardholder must put in their pin or sign for each transaction to be approved. With “chip & pin” especially, this is an ultra-secure method that makes it much harder for credit card hackers and fraudsters to steal from consumers since, rather than just stealing the information contained in a card’s magnetic strip, they’d have to know the carrier’s pin number as well. The other type of chip card, “chip & signature,” function more like US swipe cards, only they can be used with portable electronic readers that require you to insert the card rather than swipe it, and then sign for it as you would with a regular old swipe card. Although chip & pins are prevalent in Europe, the cards issued in the US with chips tend to be overwhelmingly chip & signature, so you might still have some issues using them at certain merchants, but having a chip at all can be a big help when using cards at ticket machines or other vendors that require a chip of some sort.
Most US cards are just “swipe and sign” cards with a simple magnetic strip and the verification of signature standing between you and credit card fraud. From time to time, US swipe cards also make it more difficult to charge things while abroad where many merchants use mobile credit card portals where you stick your card into a slot and enter your pin into a keyboard rather than swiping it through a reader. While many merchants, hotels and restaurants let you use your swipe cards, many, especially in Europe, do not, including some restaurants, hotels and even public transport.
Read more: US Credit Cards With Smart Chip Technology | The Points Guy
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