I typically type two of the four numbers with the back of my fingernails. It won't help videocameras unless I would try to obfuscate it further, but for any type of fingerprinting, thermal, oil, or other attempts to duplicate my PIN that I've seen on Hollywood movies or CSI, it's hard enough to figure out that the imaginary criminal would probably just jack the next guy instead. Plus it gives my wife something to make fun of if she ever catches it.
But honestly, if you manage to steal a card and get the PIN, all you could get is repeated $500 draws until the account is empty, and for most of us, that account balance isn't anything to retire on. If you want to steal money using cards on a small-time scale, it's easier to just work at any restaurant or small business for a few weeks.
The really capable criminals go after larger scale heists than snooping at the ATM, copying credit cards, or offering cash swaps with Nigerian princes. I think typically we elect them or have them appointed.
I thought this was a submission requesting Slashdot users come up with frameworks for software-based net neutrality tools.
Obviously there are some issues that can't be solved that way, but something like that could be turned into a simple browser add-in that would at least stop some types of abuse. If flat out filtering and bandwidth control were the only ways net neutrality could be harmed, THAT issue would be easier to tackle since it's pretty black and white, and everyone knows the right answer. When we're dealing with shades of grey on shaping traffic and such, we're in danger of having our rights creep away bit by bit.
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I typically type two of the four numbers with the back of my fingernails. It won't help videocameras unless I would try to obfuscate it further, but for any type of fingerprinting, thermal, oil, or other attempts to duplicate my PIN that I've seen on Hollywood movies or CSI, it's hard enough to figure out that the imaginary criminal would probably just jack the next guy instead. Plus it gives my wife something to make fun of if she ever catches it.
But honestly, if you manage to steal a card and get the PIN, all you could get is repeated $500 draws until the account is empty, and for most of us, that account balance isn't anything to retire on. If you want to steal money using cards on a small-time scale, it's easier to just work at any restaurant or small business for a few weeks.
The really capable criminals go after larger scale heists than snooping at the ATM, copying credit cards, or offering cash swaps with Nigerian princes. I think typically we elect them or have them appointed.
I thought this was a submission requesting Slashdot users come up with frameworks for software-based net neutrality tools. Obviously there are some issues that can't be solved that way, but something like that could be turned into a simple browser add-in that would at least stop some types of abuse. If flat out filtering and bandwidth control were the only ways net neutrality could be harmed, THAT issue would be easier to tackle since it's pretty black and white, and everyone knows the right answer. When we're dealing with shades of grey on shaping traffic and such, we're in danger of having our rights creep away bit by bit.