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Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card

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Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2025-02-09 12:02, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> micky wrote on 2/8/25 12:01 PM:
> >>> My "new" renewed laptop has a smart-card reader, but no one has issued
> >>> me a smart card  (Apparently I'm not smart enough to deserve one.)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Is there much chance, most likely if I have the case open for another
> >>> resson, I can take out the reader and put in something more useful, like
> >>> another SSD, or maybe a DVD drive?
> >>>
> >>> Dell Latitude 5510
> >>
> >> No.
> >>
> >> It's a whole lot more simple than you percieved from the info(manual, on
> >> the net, etc.).
> >>    => One purchases an SDXC Card(aka smart-card) in a desired size,
> > 
> >    I think Dell's use (if that's actually what Dell does) of the term
> > "smart-card" when really referring to a SD card is needlessly confusing
> > and hence inappropriate. If they mean 'SD card', then *say* 'SD card'!
> 
> Smart cards are credit card size, and they are basically used for 
> identification.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card

  According to that page, smart cards also include credit and debit
cards and even mobile phone SIMs. So it's a very, very broad category,
both in function and size.

  So this 'discussion' is basically meaningless, unless we know *which*
type of "smart-card reader" micky *actually* has. He should probably
post a link to a picture or manual, so we can see what the heck this is
all about. (Paul was even talking about slots for SSDs, a third
category.)

> My laptop has such a device, but I have not managed to make it work 
> under Linux (my laptop is Linux only). In Spain we have oficial identity 
> cards with a chip. Also some business use them to authorize or not a 
> user on a computer. They can also be used as encryption keys.

  Probably our official ID-cards also have a chip (I only have a
(larger) passport, which also has a chip). I can't see a chip in/on my
(creditcard-sized) driver's license and there's no chip symbol/icon on
it (which is on my passport), so it probably has no chip, but the
digit-number row at the bottom can be scanned. Anyway, everybody knows
me, so I don't need any blasted ID! :-)

> The are not SD Cards.

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My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-08 14:01 -0500
  Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-02-08 13:58 -0600
    Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-09 01:38 -0500
  Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-08 16:09 -0500
  Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 16:34 -0700
    Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-09 11:02 +0000
      Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-09 15:23 +0100
        Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-09 15:30 +0000
          Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-09 15:14 -0500
          Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-10 15:37 +0100
        Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-09 10:59 -0500
      Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-09 11:04 -0700
        Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-09 14:34 -0500
          Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-09 20:09 +0000
            Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-09 20:36 -0500
          Re: My teacher said I'm not smart enough for a smart card ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-09 14:50 -0700

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