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

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On Sun, 2/9/2025 10:30 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 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.

G9X28

https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=31649

This shows it fitted.

https://c1.neweggimages.com/productimage/nb1280/AKWFD201203LDMTQ.jpg

One site claimed a smartcard reader did mag stripe and RFID chip reading.
Whereas the one in the example, looks like a contact-equipped reader,
maybe with sufficient contacts for a USB connection to an inserted object.

The ribbon has at least ten electrical conductors on it, so it
might have more than one sensor inside.

But in terms of retrofit possibilities, if there is no other wiring
in the vicinity for storage devices, it might not be all that
useful as a secondary storage. A USB stick would be as good.

   Paul

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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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