sorry if this may sound a little naive, but what good is having the pin if
you don't have the card? you can't copy the card, so simply claiming the
pin off the keyboard won't accomplish much.
-- Sean
At 11:31 AM 4/19/01 +0200, Thimo von Rauchhaupt wrote:
>Hi there.
>
>Why do most of the smartcard-readers not have a keypad? Isn´t it idiotic to
>make efforts on security with smartcards and leaving a security hole open?
>Isn´t it quite simple to spy out the PIN while it is entered by the normal
>pc-keybord? So why are there so few cardreaders without a keypad on the
>market?
>
>Please reply your opinions.
>
>thx Thimo
>
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