On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 03:52 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > The Monday 2007-03-26 at 18:25 -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > > John Andersen wrote: > > > Lifting a print and then embedding that print into a putty mold takes > > > significantly more skill and training than the average snatch/grab artist > > > is likely to muster. > > > > > > > I think the method involved using the latent print to etch a PC board, > > then taking the mold off that. This is sophisticated, true, but it > > doesn't involve any materials that an average person can't get their > > hands on or any skills an average person can't master. > > About a month or so ago the police arrested a gang that made a > sophisticated device to put on top of bank on the wall holes or however > you call them. You know, you push your car into a slot, you type your pin, > and you get your money. Well, the trick is to put a fake reader on top of > the legitimate reader so well designed that you don't notice. Plus, they > place a miniature web camera pointing at the keyboard to read your pin. > Later, they remove both and retrieve the data, or they already got the > data through a radio link. Later, they use the data to duplicate the > credit cards, and finally, they separate you from your money. > > Well, this gang manufactured so good devices that they did an extra > business out of selling the devices... This is not SciFi, it is happening. > My father was stolen 1200 eur this way. And it is a sophisticated method.
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