[sci.crypt] reading bank cards

colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (05/15/87)

> Imagine my horror (along with others in our lab group) when they demonstrated
> thier ability to read our account and PIN numbers directly off our cards !
> 
> I certainly learned a lesson from this and as well as keeping my plastic
> very safe now I also check my bank statements *very* carefully !

Recently I saw in a local grocery a free-coupon-dispensing machine.  You
activated it by inserting one of your bank cards.  Can you blame me for
being suspicious?


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