The Davis Square Community

a lot of the newer diebold machines have you simply swipe your card instead of the machine holding onto it for you. after every transaction you have to re-swipe and re-enter your pin. i believe the idea is that makes it more secure -- prevents people walking away with their card still in the machine, thinking they're done (i've done this before), and if you get mugged while using an ATM the mugger can't just push you aside and withdraw cash while you have open transactions.