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miahi
on June 12, 2012
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I know someone whose 2-factor phone authentication...
Does it read your card (magnetic strip) or it uses the card's chip for encryption services to generate the tokens? It's not the same thing. Card chips are not easy to clone and have more data than the credit card number.
adrianhoward
on June 12, 2012
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Good question. No idea :-)
brey
on June 12, 2012
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are you talking about the barclays PINsentry? if so, it's a chip reader.
adrianhoward
on June 12, 2012
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Nationwide's box. I don't have one to hand to go look.
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