In message <[log in to unmask]>, at
16:30:35 on Tue, 9 Nov 2004, "Simon Howarth (WSL)"
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>I think there is some merit in the argument. I would be interested to see
>how the French have found the system as they have been using this method for
>some years. I first came across it when I bought something in a department
>store in Paris in 1989, they swiped my card then gave me a machine to type
>my PIN in. I have done the same on several occasions in France since.
>
>I wonder what their fraud levels are like? Anyone know?
They plummeted, but mainly because they *simultaneously* introduced zero
floor limits for most potentially dodgy transactions. So that was more
of a factor than the C&P, imho.
--
Roland Perry
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