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What's On Your Hotel Keycard

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-paranoia-on dept.

Lam1969 writes "From Robert Mitchell's blog on Computerworld: '... Wallace, IT director at AAA Reading-Berks in Wyomissing, Penn. has been bringing a card reader with him on business trips to see what's on the magnetic strips of his hotel room access cards. To his dismay, a surprising number have contained his name and credit card information - and in unencrypted form.' " Update: 09/20 19:10 GMT by J : Snopes, as of two months ago, says this is false.

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  1. DMCA by senducemhere · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fact that he read his own information off of the card has to be a DMCA violation - he should get a lawywer now.

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  2. I have a card reader ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's see what the card says: "Housekeeping Notes: Customer uses excessive amounts of Kleenex on overnight stays ..." HEY!!!

  3. Tin foil hat time by smallguy78 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, I keep my hotel cards after I've checked out and destroy them in a vat of acid, burning the acid vat afterwards, then burrying the chard remains in 9 foot hole to be safe.

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