"Drift net fishing," GAK, FBI, and NSA

[Scott McGuire]

roy at scytale.com said 
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> In list.cypherpunks, aba at dcs.ex.ac.uk writes:
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> > Dimitri Vulis <dlv at bwalk.dm.com> writes:
> >> [...]
> >> Another possibility is to issue a charge card (payable in full at
> >> the end of the month, getting revenue from the annual fee), rather
> >> than a credit card, so it could claim not to be subject to certain
> >> Federal Reserve's regulations that have to do with credit card
> >> disputes. But then it probably can't be Visa/MC and can't use their
> >> clearginhouses.
> >
> > I have a VISA card which is purely a debit card.  It is accepted all
> > the places any standard VISA card would be.  (UK, Lloyds bank).
> 
> I have one of those, too.  A couple of months ago, Thrifty car rental
> refused to accept it to rent a car.  (the agent was pretty snotty about
> it, too)  Beginning of a trend?

Did he recognize that it wasn't a "real" card himself?  I find that many
cashiers don't know what it is.  If you just say its a Visa (or MC etc.)
they'll use it.  It works just like a real card when they swipe it.


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Scott V. McGuire <svmcguir at syr.edu>
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