[imatworkyo]

there are 168,000 gas stations in America. Any given day maybe 100 have a skimmer working...seems like an moderate inconvenience for something that will literally probably never happen to you.

And if it does... just call your bank and get a new card and get the transactions reversed in a 30min phone call.

[newnewpdro]

You're assuming a random distribution of skimmers at pumps across the nation.

Such criminal activity tends to occur in concentrated pockets.

Gas stations around Joshua Tree, CA had been rumored to be skimming people's cards, and some now carry large official stickers warning users of their cards likely getting frozen for 72 hours should they be used at the pump, confirming the rumors.

I imagine the active number is probably more in the thousands nationally. There are a lot of lower income, high-crime areas where pumps are neglected. The Venn diagram of gas stations lacking squeegees and those compromised I suspect has a lot of overlap.