...difficult to replicate," said the spokesperson. "Furthermore, the card readers we will deploy will undertake chip-authentication checks that the card [Laurie] claims to have produced will not pass." The government department declined...
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39716619,00.htm
...that do not necessarily have offline PIN capabilities or have not been personalized according to the MasterCard ChipAuthentication Program™ (CAP). This allows issuers to provide strong authentication to their cardholders without the need...
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