View Single Post
Old 01-13-2012, 04:16 PM   #49
murraypaul
Interested Bystander
murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.murraypaul ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 3,726
Karma: 19728152
Join Date: Jun 2008
Device: Note 4, Kobo One
Quote:
Originally Posted by carpetmojo View Post
Having started this thing off, I would like to mention the apparent opportunities there are for card dodginess before they even reach us - those envelopes that arrive with your new/replacement cards, that are plainly carrying new/replacement cards ? The address on the rear, the type of envelope, the fact you can feel them inside .....

Is this a security risk, or is the system so good it wouldn't matter if someone helped themselves to some ?
I think they rely on two things:
a) The PIN is always sent separately
b) You need to phone to activate the card, using some pre-established password or other identification method
So just having the un-activated cards shouldn't be hugely useful.
(This is a lot more secure in chip-and-PIN countries, rather than those that routinely accept swipe-and-sign.)
murraypaul is offline   Reply With Quote