John Hagan
Foodie
1416
Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:38 pm
SPENCER CO. Lake Wazzapamani
John Hagan wrote:While researching this I read an article about restaurants that were moving over to hand held card readers. This was due to customers being increasingly concerned with servers disappearing into the back room with card in hand and the ability to easily write down the three digit verification codes on the back of the cards.
Antonia L wrote:John Hagan wrote:While researching this I read an article about restaurants that were moving over to hand held card readers. This was due to customers being increasingly concerned with servers disappearing into the back room with card in hand and the ability to easily write down the three digit verification codes on the back of the cards.
Just about EVERY place in London uses these. Transaction done right in front of you - quick and safe, no chance for employee to take your card into the back room. Did I mention quick? They will be widely used here soon, no doubt.
Jackie R. wrote:Assuming you're talking about an integrated ordering and credit card processing system
Jackie R. wrote:Something you should definitely consider is PCI compliance, John. It's a monster, and the track data that transmits through your device is your liability. Hacker technology is nothing to scoff at and it could put you out of business if you're breached. Not to be a wet blanket, but weakly secured networks are the target and almost all viruses lay in waiting for a harvest of customer identity and credit card numbers. And it's usually the little guys that get hit because of the lack of awareness and prevention.
John Hagan
Foodie
1416
Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:38 pm
SPENCER CO. Lake Wazzapamani
John Hagan wrote:Not sure if this is the best place to post, but it was of interest anyway. I recently had my card info stolen at the gas pump. I have a card I only use for gas as I get a nice percent cash back. I check my accounts every morning and noticed a couple of five dollar transactions at the same gas station. Then there were three transactions for 1.21 from the sports authority. Before I get a chance to call the card company they call me and ask me about my charge for 128,000 to the sports authority.
Im guessing that somebody hacked the gas pump or installed a reader of some sort in there. Also interesting, this was in the fairly small town of Taylorsville.
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