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		therealmarv on Sept 3, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fear the reaper: characterization and fast detecti... I can block the whole magnetic stripe from my smartphone app (Revolut, EU). This whole system (magnetic stripe) is flawed and totally outdated.

nullify88 on Sept 3, 2018 [–]

While you can tell revolut to block transactions that use the magnetic stripe, it doesn't physically disable the stripe, so they can still pull your data from it which maybe enough for them to carry out an attack.

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