Not really, the point was that electronic validation (chip card + PIN) was going to be enforced because signature validation was too insecure, now for low value transactions that level of security is being discarded.
The current paradigm here is that if you haven't done something stupid like write/keep your card PIN anywhere near your card then any fraudulent transaction isn't your problem. What happens with a card or phone that is flashed at a reader to do a transaction is anybody's guess.
Will card companies wear any fraud incurred by stolen phones/cards where there is no need for additional authentication, or will this end up as another nasty new surprise for users of this technology?
As the title of this thread says "A Simple Swipe on a Phone, and You're Paid", but who's phone?
-- Regards, David.
David Clayton Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a measure of how many questions you have.