On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 14:18 +0000, Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:
> Personaly I feel the PIN is less secure than a signature in many ways.
> Once someone has seen you type it in (and let's face it, it's not
> difficult), they then just have to relive you of the card via
> pickpocketing or mugging and they have no problems at all using it. No
> tricky signature to come under the scrutinty of a shop assistant and as
> a big bonus they can get cash directly from an ATM machine.

Actually, for anybody who has practised, forging a signature is
extremely easy. Especially considering most shop keepers don't check it
(in North America). OTOH smart cards are no secure solution either IMHO.
Sure, at the moment they are pretty secure, but ask the satellite
industry how great smart cards are, it's only a matter of time...

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