Home Depot checkout person flips the card and enters the CVV2 in to the terminal.
Originally Posted by
t325
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You sure it's not the last 4 of the number they're entering? Some stores do that to make sure the last 4 match the number on the magstrip, since sometimes thieves overwrite the magstrip on old or expired cards with stolen numbers so they have a physical card they can use in store (this is what chip prevents).
Wasn't Target mid 2014? Then late 2014? Then early 2015? Now it's mid 2015? I'll believe it when I see it. Ditto for Home Depot. There's no excuse for the retailers that have had breaches to be dragging their feet with EMV.