[ale] [OT] Weird Trick to make Debit Card Scan

[Christopher Bergeron]

Uhm, you really don't have to fuss at your bank to have your card 
replaced.  Just call the 800# on the back of the card and tell them you 
lost your card.

If it's a Visa or Mastercard, you'll have a new credit card within a day 
or two.  You can then simply toss your existing card out.

Kind regards,
Chris Bergeron


 

Thompson Freeman wrote:
> Well, I'm not really interested in trying to "clone" a card  
> with a plastic bag. It seems like it would be much easier  
> to tap into the reader than to ensure the second card  
> matched up with the location of the second card, even  
> assuming that the bag could retain a magnetic pattern. I  
> _really_ doubt that a plastic bag can retain any magetic  
> pattern.
>
> I should have, and didn't, responded to whomever suggested  
> that the bag provides enough separation that a sensitive  
> reader doesn't get confused by wear patterns. My card has  
> gotten quite worn, and I really should fuss at the bank to  
> replace it. Hence, the idea of reducing spurious wear  
> signals by bag spacing appeals to me.
>
>
> On 03/01/2007 01:18:35 PM, Matt Kubilus wrote:
>   
>> I've heard that is a good way to steal credit card
>> information, but
>> that's probably and myth.  The claim is the bag can retain
>> the
>> magnetic information and someone could 'reswipe' with the
>> bag over an
>> appropriately thick card of some sort.  I don't see how
>> the bag would
>> 'retain' this info.  Who wants to try it out!
>>
>> -M
>>
>> On 2/28/07, Brian Pitts <bpitts at learnlink.emory.edu>
>> wrote:
>>     
>>> What I've read is that scratches on the card upset
>>>       
>> sensitive magnetic
>>     
>>> readers. A bag or tape distances the card from the
>>>       
>> reader so that it can
>>     
>>> no longer detect them.
>>>
>>> -Brian
>>>
>>> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I'd have to agree with Chris B. on this one, it
>>>>         
>> probably has more to do
>>     
>>>> with adding "thickness" to the card so that it would
>>>>         
>> "swipe better" in
>>     
>>>> the reader.
>>>>         
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