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dingaling on Nov 15, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Protean Echo – Fuse All Your Cards into One

First four? That's two-thirds of the Bank Identification Number ( BIN ), offers no security at all. After all the bank's logo is plastered over the card and reverse BIN lookup is easy.

What an odd thing to capture.

X-Istence on Nov 15, 2013 [–]

I might be mistaken, but they are required to type in 4 numbers, last time I asked the clerk he said it was the first 4 numbers...

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