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Magnetic Stripe Snooping at Home
pbrinich writes "Have you ever wondered what information is actually stored on all those cards you have in your wallet? Well, it turns out you can find out yourself! An excellent project, Stripe Snoop started by Billy Hoffman, a Georgia Tech computer science student, contains schematics, source code and a wide variety of information about the standards used to store all sorts of information on your magnetic cards."
*puts on tinfoil hat*
ROMANES EUNT DOMUS
Gives new meaning to the Capital One tagline "What's in your wallet?"
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It said "Paul is dead"
What's that mean?
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that a few weeks after ordering the necessary hardware, you'd get sued or arrested.
If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
...that should remain secret from you. I hope that the Bush admin locks this terrorist in prison and throws away the key. The reason that mag stripes where chosen as a way of encoding the information on your IDs was to keep you from screwing with it. You'd better believe that people who do this kind of thing are up to no good. What possible reason do you have to not trust the authorities who are responsible for access to this information? Business and the Bush administration only have your best interests at heart and just want to keep the entire world safe. I think the problem with people like this guy is that they are too smart for their own good and ask too many questions. When you have an inquisitive person on your hands, you have a dangerous individual on your hands. A lo[tt] of people are complaining that the state of today's educational institutions is bad. I say they are wrong. There is too much access to information and people who are encouraged to think a little too much. If anything, we need some kind of informational quota system to make certain that people with more natural inquisitiveness are limited more strictly from information than people who are less inquisitive. If this can be done, the world will be a safer place. I can't believe that people would applaud the work of a criminal like this. It's disgusting.
-"...bad old ideas look confusingly fresh when they are packaged as technology" - Jaron Lanier (Digital Maoism on Edge.o
I did something like this once. Back in 2001 I worked at a company that had Internet Kiosks across Manhattan. I went to a cafe to upgrade a machine. There was a certain attractive young lady on the terminal when I got there. I called my manager (who was a friend) and told him it would be a few minutes before I could get on, and mentioned the cute girl.
He did a query of the database to get her name from the credit card she swiped. As she was getting up I said "have a good day, Jen". Scared the CRAP out of her until I explained how I did it. We are now married and have three lovely children
Ok, that last part isn't true.
It has to connect to whatever-the-hell-it-connects-to
It's called a computer. I know, I'm using one right now and in a few years, they'll be everywhere and you'll buy one to play games!
They put a mag strip access lock to the computer lab in college. We were complaining at having to now carry around our student I.D.s to get access to the labs when I found out ALL of my credit cards allowed access to the lab. (Not smart, but hey, this was 1989)
Turns out the Lab assistant that installed the lock thought it'd be cool if any card he pulled out of his wallet would open the door. But the local bank's first 9 digits on the mag strip was the same for ALL cards they issued.
"Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus."
Where can I find a copy of your new book; How to collect restraining orders.
Luck favors the prepared, darling.
I'm still looking for a publisher, actually. All the ones that I took it to originally have taken out restraining orders against me.
134 and counting, baby!
"Ok, that last part isn't true"
What, your children are ugly? Such honesty is refreshing.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
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When planning misdemeanours, don't do it in public on slashdot. ; )
Sometimes I like to use the spanish option for fun. I don't speak or understand most spanish, but I never have a problem getting through it to get some cash.
When I first got my drivers license, the "written" test was actually taken at a computer terminal. There was a long line at every one except for the spanish-language one. I asked what happened if one failed the test -- the DMV lady said that you could re-take it right then up to three times a day until you passed (obviously this is to ensure that there are plenty of dumbasses driving around for cops to be able to issue tickets)
Anyway, I had nothing to lose and hours of time to gain, so I sprang for the spanish test. It was multiple choice with lots of pictures.