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Magnetic Stripe Snooping at Home

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-you-can dept.

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."

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  1. This sucker will read any stripe you can find! by mtDNA · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've tried this software. It's awesome. It read every stripe I threw at it - even the brown stripe in my jockeys!!!

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  2. Dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    was posted 6 months ago
    Unlocking the Power of the Magstripe

    1. Re:Dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Since /. doesn't put the year in their date/time field, it could be from a year and six months ago. Maybe thats how they get away with more dupes? You don't need new stories if you can recycle them every year.