I worked at Sears selling TVs while in college from 2002-04, and even in their latest POS systems anyone could walk up to the thermal printer, press a button (e

I worked at Sears selling TVs while in college from 2002-04, and even in their latest POS systems anyone could walk up to the thermal printer, press a button (even with the register itself locked) and print out a reverse-chronological “journal roll,” which included names, addresses, phone numbers and full credit card numbers and expiration dates for every transaction. Crazy that anyone thought that was OK in the early 2000s.