As I said, it depends on how you use your card. When I have had my card compromised - it took about a week to get a new one. Which is why I said up to a week (I imagine might be longer for others).

All I really know is I’ve seen whole stations shut down while they replace the pumps to upgrade them.

Some banks will do that. Mine never has. My friend once had a card that did that once. However, when that card ended getting compromised again they didn’t.

Legally speaking they don’t have same protections, but Visa/Mastercard typically extend the same protections as long as the card is run as credit card (which is more expensive for the merchant though).

Technically, no one is required to use EMV. What changed in the law though is that if a card is compromised that the weakest link in the chain is responsible for fraudulent charges (previously CC companies just ate the cost of fraudulent charges). Gas pumps were exempted from this change due to the expense of…

Not in the United States. As the article explains, gas pumps were exempted from laws requiring EMV due to how expensive it would be (they have to replace the whole pump, not just the reader).  That exemption runs out next year though.

I don’t know how you use your cards - but I suspect most people use one card for everything. I know people for whom it may be the only form of payment available to them at any time. So, if your card is compromised you now have to wait till you receive a new card before you can buy anything again (usually within a…

It probably depends on where you are.  I am seeing more and pumps with contactless payment.  I can’t really give a percentage since I tend to go to the stations I already know have them but I do know they more common now in my area than they use to be.  Enough so I’m likely to drive away if a pump doesn’t have it.

It makes a difference how you pay. Swiping reads your actual CC number from the magnetic strip. Using the chip or tap-to-pay generates an encrypted token that is only usable at that store for a limited time.

If you swipe your card at the pump (or register really) they get your actual credit card number which they can then use elsewhere. If you use the chip (or tap-to-pay with the card or through your phone) at a terminal in the store what they get is an encrypted token that is only good at that store for a limited…

If you swipe your card at the pump (or register really) they get your actual credit card number which they can then use elsewhere. If you use the chip (or tap-to-pay with the card or through your phone) at a terminal in the store what they get is an encrypted token that is only good at that store for a limited time,…

There’s not much you can do to at the gas pump except avoid paying at them. Your best option is to walk into the gas station and pay at the register, where you’ll be able to use a chip reader if you pay with a card.

Back in the ‘80s when I was 11 there was a show called the Master which was about a traveling ninja and his protege. At the time I had never heard of a ninja. When I was trying to tell my parents about this show and how it about a ninja, but I couldn’t remember the word ninja only it was a word starting with n. They…

Considering a lot if not most of “recycled” stuff ends up in a land fill anyway - I’d say that if you don’t have a standard electronics recycle plan for yourself in place already I’d throw it out.  That said as others have mentioned, they still function a power strip - just might want to label it so you don’t expect…

GenX, k

Screw this.  If k or ok does the job that is what I am using.  If you can’t handle it.....too bad.

Yeah, I want to add an air fryer to my collection of cooking devices. I’m considering getting the new microwave/convection oven/air fryer from Amazon or a new microwave/convection oven/air fryer/toaster from Galanz.

I disagree. I rarely used my slow cooker but love my Instant Pot. Having meals that cook all day in a slow cooker ready in about an hour in the Instant Pot is totally worth it. To be fair most of what I cook in the Instant Pot could be done on the stove or oven in about the same amount of time but I still prefer the…

Eh, I could see it, particularly if the job involved some form of specialized training for a project where the lost of a person could significantly delay and/or increase cost while bringing a replacement employee up to speed (I have no idea if such positions exist, I just imagine it is possible). That said if they…

I’d probably answer with something like what the article recommends. If they want me to put it in writing they would have to put it in writing that they cannot and will not fire me for any reason short of criminal charges for the same time period.