Michael Chare Wrote in message:
On 07/03/2018 22:49, John Rumm wrote:
On 07/03/2018 19:47, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
on 07/03/2018, Andrew supposed :
The non-backlit display on my Barclays version has got a bit dim,
so I went into the branch to complain and they just gave me
another one.

I inquired if it needed to be locked to my account, but apparently
they are generic, so if someone steals your card and knows your
pin, they can presumably still empty your account.

So, anyone could borrow anyone else's reader and it should work,
certainly if it the same bank? There is nothing coded in the reader, to
the account?

The readers all implement the same standard crypto signing system, so
although the banks don't all use them in exactly the same way, the
machines themselves should be interchangeable. Its the chip on the card
combined with your pin that makes the thing unique.


I have 3 different ones and as far as I am aware they are completely
interchangeable. If I go on holiday I usually take the one belonging to
the least important a/c.

How long do you go for?
--
Jim K


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