Re: technical question about fingerprint usbkey

From: Anne & Lynn Wheeler (lynn_at_garlic.com)
Date: 05/24/05 

Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:32:13 -0600

"frozt" <frozt54@gmail.com> writes:
> i saw them fool those things with a melted gummy bear on techtv...

the other is that a major skimming fraud with ATM machine overlays and
pin-hole camera (you even see them on crime-shows these days) is
picking up the magstripe and the pin-hole camera recording which keys
were used to enter the pin. current pin-hole camera technology is
having a harder time picking up fingerprint for counterfeiting than it
is having picking up keys entered for counterfeit PIN entry.

it isn't that there aren't fingerprint vulnerabilities ... but they
are more difficult than some common PIN vulnerabilitys ... aka
lost/stolen card with pin written on the card ... or ATM overlay
picking out PIN from keys used on pin-pad. 

-- 
Anne & Lynn Wheeler | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/

Relevant Pages

  • Re: suspicions
    ... I never loan them my keys, ... between them and the ATM when I type in my PIN. ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: Earthquakes and epicentres
    ... consenus, and of course the famous "ATM machine." ... Into which one keys a "PIN number". ...
    (alt.usage.english)
  • Re: Earthquakes and epicentres
    ... and of course the famous "ATM machine." ... Into which one keys a "PIN number". ... Grrr. ...
    (alt.usage.english)
  • Re: suspicions
    ... I never loan them my keys, ... between them and the ATM when I type in my PIN. ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: AT&T charges extra to pay cash [Telecom]
    ... The ATM would scan the check as it was inserted and convert ... the bizarre way the ATM handles PIN verification. ... When the card is entered, it is read and spit back out. ...
    (comp.dcom.telecom)
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