In Canada, the MasterCard version is called PayPass and I do have one of these PayPass-enabled cards and haven't had any problems with PayPass specifically (although my MasterCard was compromised just before Christmas but the bank reversed all the fraudulent transactions)

Yes, this is in effect in Canada too. I have a BMO Bank of Montreal MasterCard and BMO Bank of Montreal debit card, and both are chip and PIN enabled. There's even a website with a bunch of information and FAQs on chip and PIN: http://www4.bmo.com/chip/questions.html Full disclosure: I am a Bank of Montreal employee, but from my understanding, all major Canadian banks will be following suit if they haven't started already.

... is the best security.

I found your comment funny. In fact, I'm lovin' it!

I think the question is if written comments like that should be construed as threats, or more like a journal where you'd just write for yourself. I'm also wondering if there's any other evidence that anyone on campus was targetted. The ban should have been lifted after the full story was found out.

Meh. What's 23 quadrillion dollars really worth these days?

About the price of an extra-value meal.

... and didn't it fail?

A lot of data retention is because of legal requirements. At the bank I work at, we're required to keep *everything* for at least seven years - all our emails are archived, instant messenger communications, etc.

... unless they legislate them to remove those cookies. What alternatives to YouTube could they use?

How do you dial "+"?

The + stands for the international dialing code... 011 So, to answer your question, to dial a +, dial 011