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- From: philip@meiko.com (Philip Gladstone)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Solve Three Problems (was Telecom Fraud)
- Message-ID: <telecom12.626.3@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 01:02:03 GMT
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Organization: Meiko Scientific Corp.
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 626, Message 3 of 15
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- dan@quiensabe.az.stratus.com (Dan Danz) writes:
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- > I wonder if Justin has an eel-skin wallet? Strangely enough, they've
- > been known to wipe the mag-stripe info off of credit cards.
-
- This is an urban legend. The 'reason' that eel-skin wallets wipe mag
- stripe cards is that they very often have magnetic catches on them. I
- was told that this is due to their low inherent strength -- i.e. a
- conventional press-stud catch tends to rip the leather.
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- Philip
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