@noiob iPhone 12 be like *destroys your credit card* *destroys your credit card* *destroys your credit card* *destroys your credit card* *destroys your credit card* *destroys your credit card*

@tom does anything actually still read the magnetic strip? oh and also I don't think those are strong enough to actually demagnetize stuff

@noiob yeah lots of things do. ATMs here will not even attempt to read the chip if the strip isn't valid.

@noiob I know this because I used to keep a hard drive magnet in my bag and my cards kept breaking all the goddamn time until i noticed the correlation

@tom okay but hard drive magnets are like, actually dangerous levels of strong

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