[Tomdarkness]

To be honest, magnetic strips on credit cards are redundant in a fair proportion of the world as well, especially Europe, although with a notable exception of the US which seems to be seriously lagging behind in this area. I live in the UK and it has easily been over 6 years since I have been anywhere where the magnetic strip has been read rather than using chip & pin (EMV).

[philwelch]

I visited the UK late last year and can confirm that your card readers can still read the magnetic stripes on our outdated American credit cards if they absolutely have to.

[lostlogin]

Unfortunately both types die with exposure to magnetic fields - I accidentally too mine into an MRI scanner. This may not Oruro at a lower field strength with the chip type however.

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[lostlogin]

Wow. That was a bad one, sorry, and I can't edit it. It was supposed to say: Unfortunately both types die with exposure to magnetic fields - I accidentally took mine into an MRI scanner. This may not occur at a lower field strength with the chip-type card however.