This protection can be deactivated from the bits obtained in the magstripe, completely bypassing this enhanced security measure. (but widely used in Europe for some time), this card protection mechanism requires a card to be 'dipped' in a card reader at the point-of-sale. Restrictionsįor security purposes, MagSpoof does not have a publicly accessible code for bypassing chip-and-PIN protection and American Express card number protection. You can download the code and full schematic from Samy's GitHub page.