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This 'open letter' has a ring of dishonesty to it. > Clearly, Square is a threat to VeriFone, so it’s intentions aren’t so pure when exposing this potential is
by avree 16y ago
This 'open letter' has a ring of dishonesty to it.
> Clearly, Square is a threat to VeriFone, so it’s intentions aren’t so pure when exposing this potential issue.
That much is obvious. The letter is geared towards 'protecting the consumer', but makes the skimming method extremely public (especially with sq-skim.com)
I'm sure this will result in an increase in credit card theft incidents.
I'm also curious as to whether or not the perceived security threat is a bit overblown—there are many opportunities for my credit card number to be stolen (either when I use it online, or for physical transactions.) There's always a risk, and as such, I generally don't go passing my credit card (or scanning my credit card) to vendors I don't trust. I assume that since you'd need to be physically present to give the card to be skimmed, you'd draw on other internal factors of trust (and not have much of a higher potential for card theft than at any other establishment.)
- thenayr 16y agoNo kidding. >"In less than an hour, any reasonably skilled programmer can write an application that will "skim" – or steal – a consumer's financial and personal information right off the card utilizing an easily obtained Square card reader." Oh, but wait, we already DID IT FOR YOU. VeriFone, protecting consumers by posting hacked apps to skim credit card numbers.
- paulgerhardt 16y agoWere you able to find actually find the app? It seems they (wisely) never posted it. >Don’t take our word for it. See for yourself at www.sq-skim.com where you can download the sample skimming application and view a video of this type of fraud in action. Commenting on the YouTube video has also been disabled. I feel like there is some sort of parable about glass houses here...
- yrral 16y agohttp://www.mediafire.com/?zxtbagfkz7e64ja http://www.mediafire.com/?zxtbagfkz7e64ja Here is the zip of the IPA and provision file.
- superchink 16y agoAny idea how it works?
- sdrguy 16y agoYrral, Thank you!! Is this for the iPhone or for the Android phone? And do you know how it works?