New answers tagged credit-card
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Secure Revolving Systems
This is the latest anti-skimming tech out there. It basically rotates the card as it's being inserted, preventing the skimmers from locking on the magnetic data strip. It's just been recently invented by a card skimmer in prison. It was announced here.
Regardless, as Rook mentioned earlier, security is relative. Software can still ...
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The best you can really do is use ATMs you know or ATMs that have good physical security if one you know isn't available. (go to an ATM inside a bank). Even then, I always spot check the machine for any signs of tampering.
A simple trick that can work well is to make sure the keypad isn't compromised (by looking and pulling on it) and then if it appears ...
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The newest skimmers cannot be seen. These skimmers wafer thin and insert into the card reader:
To make matters worse the modification can be purely software. ATMs can be hacked, their software can be modified to log the mag strips and pins of every user.
This is a purely loosing battle and you take a chance every time you use an atm. Security is ...
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From an end user perspective, i usually give the reader and surrounding plates a good whack with my fist and i try and peel back any of the faceplates with my keys or a knife. The fact of the matter is, the best quality skimmers aren't detectable. POS machines can be hacked which results in an almost undetectable scenario. Your best bet, if you want to avoid ...
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As a first remark, if there is no PIN during a transaction, then the card has no way of being sure that it is the real "you" who is currently holding it. So, if someone steals your card, he can go in full shopping-orgy mode at your expense.
A magnetic strip is no different from a few letters inked on the card, except that the strip is read by a magnetic ...
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In short: yes, it is very likely possible.
If the magnetic strip and the RFID are not related, then even if the data were encrypted the setup would not be secure. It would be too easy to slip the data off the original card (you can do that with a tape recorder head, and there are even iPhone apps to do that, by interfacing with the audio jack), clean them ...
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