[ale] OT: Security code on Credit/Debit cards

Jim Popovitch jimpop at gmail.com
Tue Feb 23 11:13:57 EST 2010


On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:49, Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
> On 02/23/2010 09:55 AM, JK wrote:
>> A demonstration of how easy it is to pull account numbers and so
>> forth out of a clear FTP stream with Wireshark might be an eye-opening
>> experience.
>
> Doubtful.
>
> Most of those "smart cookies" will say, "yeah, but nobody cares.  Nobody
> wants _my_ data."
>
> I see it all the time, sadly.

Being in a position to see some relevant data, and being in a position
to do something with said data, are distant endpoints.

-Jim P.



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