Originally Posted by
paul4040
This is standard in Europe thanks to chip and PIN and the use of mobile terminals. It's good because the card never leaves your sight.
You guys will get used to it.

I agree. I've had my card cloned twice in the last 5 years. Both after trips to the US and both times the cloned card was used in the US. As the only times the card was out of my sight was in restaurants I'm sure that's when it happened.