Originally Posted By: wfaulk
What information are you going to get off the stripe that isn't also visible on the card itself? In the US, I'm pretty sure the answer is "none". Maybe not so in the UK.

Whilst pretty much the same information is kept on the front of the card as on the stripe, do you not try to keep control of how exposed your details are? You'd be okay with putting your card details into something which has been widely hacked and has had security issues like worms?