this would be too outrageous for a movie script

[rodneyorpheus]

Now this is truly science-fiction crime: imagine if you could intercept the manufacture of credit card readers destined for major retailers and insert an extra chip that would read out all the card info and send it back to you automatically. No need to hack computer systems or anything like that, just get the data right from the checkout counters

Comments

[osymandus]

Well im so glad we moved away from that insecure signature system , that was so open a difficult to use , and never resulted in such a massive loss !!

[sepheri]

I am trying not to laugh at my own rant about how Wal-Mart and Tescos are evil. For more reasons than I realised it seems.

No kidding..

[doveserpent11]

I use cash as often as possible. I hate it when the paranoids turn out to be right. I wonder if there are spaceships heading for the Rockerfeller mansion as we speak. . .

Re: No kidding..

[rodneyorpheus]

Oh, Happy Birthday!

Re: No kidding..

[doveserpent11]

Thanks!

[christeos_pir]

I'm just wondering how long 'til cash is outlawed for being untraceable and therefore abetting terrorism. Oh wait, we'll just put RFIDs in it! Nevermind.

[entheo]

oops, I think I just microwaved my cash.

[sepheri]

I wouldn't recommend it, the foil strip in it will fry your microwave.

Do it in someone else ;)

[vret]

There must be more to it than that. The PIN and the card number aren't enough to carry out any fraud.

[rodneyorpheus]

The checkout card reader reads enough info to make the sale doesn't it? All you have to do is intercept the transmission and you have enough to make any sale in future.

[vret]

It shouldn't do, just like no-one should be able to read your encrypted emails, even if they have full access to your PC