I find it interesting to note that they (claim to) have removed hacked pin pads from stores by close of business on 9/14. However, I bought a book from my local store last Saturday, 10/20. I recall that no pinpad was available, and I had to hand my card to the cashier. A few days later, I got a call from my credit card company saying that fraud using my credit card number had been attempted, intercepted, and denied, and that they were mailing me a new set of cards. The fraudulent transaction was apparently attempted in Brazil.
Is this a tea leaf that is indicative of something, perhaps that B&N has been penetrated by multiple hacks, and they haven't discovered all of them yet?
Or is it time for me to consider getting measured for a tinfoil hat?
The full text of the decision can be found on this page... look for "Department of Education v. Choudhri, OATH Index No. 722/06 (Mar. 9, 2006)". Here is a direct link to the PDF.
Also, that's some world-class snark on Microsoft's part.
All the EULAs I found contain one additional sentence at the end of that paragraph (see, for example, here):
Sun Microsystems, Inc. has
contractually obligated Microsoft to make this disclaimer.
I admit that, more times than I would prefer, I click on a story only to find a cesspool. On the other hand, nothing gives me more pleasure than finding that rare story with long stretches of consecutive comments modded "Funny".
If Slashdot contained 100% "serious" stories, would I like it as much? I fear that I would not.
I'm here for the "interesting" stories, and the community dialog that ensues.
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Thank you for posting this link.
I find it interesting to note that they (claim to) have removed hacked pin pads from stores by close of business on 9/14.
However, I bought a book from my local store last Saturday, 10/20. I recall that no pinpad was available, and I had to hand my card to the cashier.
A few days later, I got a call from my credit card company saying that fraud using my credit card number had been attempted, intercepted, and denied, and that they were mailing me a new set of cards. The fraudulent transaction was apparently attempted in Brazil.
Is this a tea leaf that is indicative of something, perhaps that B&N has been penetrated by multiple hacks, and they haven't discovered all of them yet?
Or is it time for me to consider getting measured for a tinfoil hat?
Sounds like a good start for a new Pat Condell video.
...is available here
The full text of the decision can be found on this page ... look for "Department of Education v. Choudhri, OATH Index No. 722/06 (Mar. 9, 2006)". Here is a direct link to the PDF.
All the EULAs I found contain one additional sentence at the end of that paragraph (see, for example, here): Sun Microsystems, Inc. has contractually obligated Microsoft to make this disclaimer.
So maybe MS wasn't being snarky... this time.
I agree -- but FWIW here is a more in-depth article in IEEE Spectrum (March 2006 issue) by Strauss et al that has a bit more technical meat on it.
Jeez, my threading is wacked -- otherwise I would have noticed the other excellent responses.
Having an "official receipt" also opens up another form of abuse which is not possible under the current secret-ballot system: vote selling.
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In the discussion so far (20 comments @ 2 & above), I don't see any evidence that "a lot of people here" should be tarred with that brush.
So, yes, if I had points, I'd mod you Troll.
You have a thought-provoking perspective.
I admit that, more times than I would prefer, I click on a story only to find a cesspool. On the other hand, nothing gives me more pleasure than finding that rare story with long stretches of consecutive comments modded "Funny".
If Slashdot contained 100% "serious" stories, would I like it as much? I fear that I would not.
I'm here for the "interesting" stories, and the community dialog that ensues.
Does Orange offer an open gateway that would allow a sender to transmit SMS messages to Orange subscribers, at no cost to the sender?
Boeing has also studied the problem. This article was published in March 2000.