I always pay cash for gas. And even if I ever did put it on my card, my cards all have chips. Nice to hear chip cards can’t be hacked. I thought any credit/debit could be hacked.
It’s a cat-and-mouse game though. Everything’s “unhackable” right up to the point where someone figures out how to hack it. Then, the engineers come up with the next great unhackable thing and the cycle repeats itself.
Personally, if I got my knickers in a twist over every scare that comes out, I wouldn’t want to live life. We don’t have enough time in this world to get bothered about our debit card info being stolen.
Chips don’t matter at gas stations unless you go inside.
Most every pump outside still has you swiping your card which means no chip security. Apparently due to cost gas stations have a few more years before law forces them to all be chip readers. In the meantime if you are “swiping” card fast at an outside pump you’re still doing it the old insecure way. Or so I have read.
It s a safe as the last Safeway in that area that got robbed into oblivion
JustMe
December 17, 2019 - 7:55 PM 7:55 PM
Saw this story… it’s for cards still using the stripe method instead of a chip or PIN number. Visa asked for stations to switch to newer technology (non stripe) by October 2020, saying they won’t be liable after that.
The older style cards/readers need to go away. We should have converted over to chip cards long ago. Even better, I wish we had NFC readers at all gas pumps so we could use Android or Apple pay.
Rob
December 18, 2019 - 6:47 AM 6:47 AM
Other countries require a PIN to be used in conjunction with the card which increases security.
However, American credit card companies have made the decision that they do not want to introduce that friction into the process.
They apparently are ok with the existing fraud that they will be paying for rather than adding that extra friction.
Just what a scammer needs after you swipe your card, your pin number!! LMAO!!
chuckie the troll
December 18, 2019 - 11:33 AM 11:33 AM
The thieves in Sacramento hate the competition!
High on Granite
December 20, 2019 - 1:03 PM 1:03 PM
I wouldn’t be surprised if this was some elaborate scheme to stomp out the small competition and make it so only Chevron and Shell are selling you gas.
Hoping Costco gas station is safe.
I always pay cash for gas. And even if I ever did put it on my card, my cards all have chips. Nice to hear chip cards can’t be hacked. I thought any credit/debit could be hacked.
It’s a cat-and-mouse game though. Everything’s “unhackable” right up to the point where someone figures out how to hack it. Then, the engineers come up with the next great unhackable thing and the cycle repeats itself.
Personally, if I got my knickers in a twist over every scare that comes out, I wouldn’t want to live life. We don’t have enough time in this world to get bothered about our debit card info being stolen.
Both of my debit cards have chips
Chips don’t matter at gas stations unless you go inside.
Most every pump outside still has you swiping your card which means no chip security. Apparently due to cost gas stations have a few more years before law forces them to all be chip readers. In the meantime if you are “swiping” card fast at an outside pump you’re still doing it the old insecure way. Or so I have read.
Update on hacking chipped cards.
https://youtu.be/5PXhE0yP18M
It s a safe as the last Safeway in that area that got robbed into oblivion
Saw this story… it’s for cards still using the stripe method instead of a chip or PIN number. Visa asked for stations to switch to newer technology (non stripe) by October 2020, saying they won’t be liable after that.
The older style cards/readers need to go away. We should have converted over to chip cards long ago. Even better, I wish we had NFC readers at all gas pumps so we could use Android or Apple pay.
Other countries require a PIN to be used in conjunction with the card which increases security.
However, American credit card companies have made the decision that they do not want to introduce that friction into the process.
They apparently are ok with the existing fraud that they will be paying for rather than adding that extra friction.
Just what a scammer needs after you swipe your card, your pin number!! LMAO!!
The thieves in Sacramento hate the competition!
I wouldn’t be surprised if this was some elaborate scheme to stomp out the small competition and make it so only Chevron and Shell are selling you gas.