Barclays Contactless

my barclaycard is...not my debit tho.

good luck trying to find a place that uses them tho, and thats coming from an employee!!
 
I got my new Barclays debit card few months ago. Haven't used the contact-less functionality yet. Haven't found anywhere that uses it, or I'm not looking hard enough.
 
I've had one for ages. There is a shop in Baker Street tube with the symbol in the window. But I haven't tried it.
 
I can just imagine a guy walking around with a magnetic pulse generator.

Just stealing tens of hundreds of credit cards by using the magnetic pulses to generate electricity for the RFID chip and reading the response from the chip.

A virtual pick pocketeer. They just need to stand next to you with a mobile phone type device and pretend to be a long sighted phone user reading text.
 
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Off the top of my head, Pret a Manger, Subway and Eat accept contactless payments. Transactions are capped at £15, so it'll only really be cafes etc for the time being.
 
trentlad said:
I can just imagine a guy walking around with a magnetic pulse generator.

Just stealing tens of hundreds of credit cards by using the magnetic pulses to generate electricity for the RFID chip and reading the response from the chip.

A virtual pick pocketeer. They just need to stand next to you with a mobile phone type device and pretend to be a long sighted phone user reading text.
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I thought this exact thing. You dont even need the phone itself, you could pretend to be a litter picker, install it onto the cash machine, under the counter etc. Security can be broken, and frequently is.
 
Except the information stored on the contact-less does not link the card to any personal details; that's done off-site. You would get the card contact-less ability, but not any details needed to steal much more than the pitiful amount you could with just the contact-less RFID info (Contact-less has limitations on the value of the transaction before requiring a pin number, and also, apparently, uses random pin number screening as an additional security measure). It is, pretty much, not worth the effort.

All in all, contact-less does seem a bit...pointless.
 
Riiya said:
Except the information stored on the contact-less does not link the card to any personal details; that's done off-site. You would get the card contact-less ability, but not any details needed to steal much more than the pitiful amount you could with just the contact-less RFID info (Contact-less has limitations on the value of the transaction before requiring a pin number, and also, apparently, uses random pin number screening as an additional security measure). It is, pretty much, not worth the effort.

All in all, contact-less does seem a bit...pointless.
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Yeah, all these newfangled ways of paying for stuff are silly.
What's wrong with camels, wives and bartering?!
 
Bit like the Oyster card isn't it?

Would be great to be able to use your Oyster credit to buy sweets etc in the shop. :o
 
I have a contactless debit card too. I have used it in Subway. It only works within 1cm of the terminal.

But its much quicker than chip and pin.
 
Do barclays still force you to use their crappy "security" calculator like thing when you do online banking?
 
So essentially, like the advert shows you wander near to a machine, it 'scans' your card and away you go with the goods?

Say you didn't realise you had your wallet stolen..?

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Do barclays still force you to use their crappy "security" calculator like thing when you do online banking?
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Afraid so. But, they're pretty leniant with them. When I took my card away I forgot the calculator.

You can access your account online once before you need it again. But one phone call, and within two days I had another to use at my doorstep.

Or use a friends.
 
Meh, I'll stick to LTSB without no need for machines service
If they ever try to introduce one I'd actually move banks to one that didn't force me that BS
 
In Hong Kong, they have the Octopus card. Very similar to the Oyster card, except as well as you can pay for your underground and buses, you can also use it in 7-11, McDonalds, and many convenient stores. You can top it up as little or as much as you like, and when you flash it to pay, it shows your balance for a brief second.

It is convenient, saves time, and save hassle in a lot of ways. But you are also shafted if you lose it.
 
Raymond Lin said:
In Hong Kong, they have the Octopus card..............
It is convenient, saves time, and save hassle in a lot of ways. But you are also shafted if you lose it.
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Same in Korea cept its called T-Money, they even have them built into mobile phones and key chains not just cards.
Can use it on the subway, taxis, most small shops (GS25, 7-11 and the like) and fast food places.
Considering what a pain in the wallet carrying Won is (no notes bigger than about £7 in general circulation) its a good idea.
Shame none of the bars take it.
 
I went back to the old system (pin code) on my barclays account as I was fed up of putting the reader down somewhere and forgetting where it is. Can still check my balance etc but I cannot set up or send payments online.
 
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