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Old May 4th, 2003 Top | #1
 
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Hello,

I just bought a Dell Latitude D600 Laptop. According to it's specs (located here) It has " One Smart Card reader "

I'm wondering what this does, and what can be done with it. What is a smartcard exalty, and how would you obtain one?

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Smart Cards can basically be used for security and authentication purposes. I can also be used for storage, but security is the primary application at the moment.
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Smart cards are the credit card sized ones aren't they? with small gold coloured chips at the one end?
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Originally posted by SPeedY_B
Smart cards are the credit card sized ones aren't they? with small gold coloured chips at the one end?
Right. I have one of those for laundry
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So I can use one of those to secure my laptop?
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Actually they're trying to get people to download coupons onto their credit cards and other secure uses for the smart chip. Like validating credit cards with it instead of the 3 number technique.
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