People have expectations of technology often becau...

2010-12-23T10:44:16.515Z

People have expectations of technology often because of the hype. Regarding chip and pin, one thing i find funny is that people assume chip and pin means "secure" simply because it exists. The train conductors on the Edinburgh to Glasgow route have handheld ticket machines that only swipe cards, so you still have to sign for your purchase. Since chip and pin came in the conductors seem to have forgotten that the signature is even there and I have NEVER had one of them actually compare my signature to the one on the card. (In fact I once forgot to sign a new card for several months). They just hand it straight back and THEN get you to sign the ticket that pops out of their machine. Theres some sort of technology dissonance going on.

Also, rather more seriously, I once tried to pay for petrol at a BP garage. I got my pin wrong threee times, with much cursing. Had the checkout person mention that the machine had been playing up and she put the sale through anyway. Discovered on going home and actually looking at the card, that i was using a different card from the one i expected. So hang on...you don't even need to know the pin OR prove who you are with a signature anymore?

er..this has been a drive by blog comment. Please ignore and carry on as normal. Thank you for watching.

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