m3t00🌎 to Lemmy [email protected]English • 2 years agoLet's move this along, future boylemmy.worldimagemessage-square56arrow-up11.23K
arrow-up11.2KimageLet's move this along, future boylemmy.worldm3t00🌎 to Lemmy [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square56
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 years agoHow many different payment methods does the world need? Is this efficiency or just another skimming scam lol
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•edit-22 years agoSkimming works because it attacks 1980s technology. Contactless is much more secure, given an extra 40 years of defending scams. Thinking of this as “just another attack vector” is laughably ignorant, really.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•2 years agoI tend to view the finance industry as a bunch of skimmers. Funnel money through as many companies as possible so everyone gets a fee. I was not thinking of security at all.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-22 years agoTo be fair, I wasn’t expecting to hear that you were coming into a conversation about contactless payments, using a word like “skimming” and meaning something completely out-of-context. That’s a real doozie, yo.
How many different payment methods does the world need? Is this efficiency or just another skimming scam lol
Skimming works because it attacks 1980s technology.
Contactless is much more secure, given an extra 40 years of defending scams.
Thinking of this as “just another attack vector” is laughably ignorant, really.
I tend to view the finance industry as a bunch of skimmers. Funnel money through as many companies as possible so everyone gets a fee.
I was not thinking of security at all.
To be fair, I wasn’t expecting to hear that you were coming into a conversation about contactless payments, using a word like “skimming” and meaning something completely out-of-context.
That’s a real doozie, yo.
That’s a real doozie: