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Why is everyone so concerned about a malicious party compromising the card reader? Because that would be solely a McDonald's problem.

No credit card issuer would refuse chargebacks for fraud that occurred because of this, nd ultimately when they'd find the source, it'd me McDonalds picking up the tab.

The risk to the average person from this is 0. At most it's an inconvenient call to a bank and sorting out a card replacement. (And an extra inconvenience for people using debit cards).

I have plenty of cards, and I wouldn't care one bit if the details of some got leaked, as I'm getting a push notification for every transaction.

Anything unexpected? Call/fill in an online form, and it's resolved within 2 days, and by then you already have a new card in the mail.



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