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Article #3588Re: reading bank cards
From: colonel
Date: Fri, 15 May 1987 19:17
Date: Fri, 15 May 1987 19:17
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> 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?
"One draws a circle, beginning anywhere."
--Charles Fort
--
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!sunybcs!colonel From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: reading bank cards Message-ID: <3425@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-May-87 15:17:41 EDT Article-I.D.: sunybcs.3425 Posted: Fri May 15 15:17:41 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 15:45:11 EDT References: <5747@eddie.MIT.EDU> <1277@bute.tcom.stc.co.uk> Organization: Jack of Clubs Precision Instruments Lines: 19