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Smart-Card Hacking?

Posted by Cliff on from the what-exactly-do-they-put-on-these-things dept.

W3bbo asks: "With the ever-increasing information being stored on so-called 'Smart-Cards', including credit cards with the chips, how do we know what data is read by stores when you hand over your plastic? Seaching for 'smart-card hacking' just turns up satelite TV piracy websites and virtually nothing for (sort-of) legitimate investigation to our cards. So what methods are available to hack smart-card chips and see what information about us our banks store on our cards?"

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  1. Re:Legitimate Investigation? by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1:) finding out what personal data is stored on your card
    2:) hacker(traditional meaning) mentality ,Some of us just can shake the urge to explore discover and create.
    3:) setting up your own credit card reader to go into bussiness as a manufacturer

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