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Old 02-02-2016, 10:04 PM   #27111
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Originally Posted by CRussel View Post
dummy terminals sitting on top of real ones. Basically "man in the middle" of a hardwired transaction.

A major business here in Canada, where we us Interac _heavily_. Why all our cards are moving to chips.
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
I should have known. So simple I didn't even think of it.
If it's an RFID smart-card it's even easier and can be done without contact as a "walk-by." None of my cards have RFID, but I took them out of my wallet* anyway and keep them in an aluminum card keeper, which blocks RFID readers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID_skimming


* Once upon a time I only kept my driver's license and some cash in my wallet. Now I have dozens of cards of various types and no cash.
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