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Hack a Square to just take the credit card info for use outside of Square? Half of the battle with scams is building trust, so if people are told to be on the
by ry0ohki 15y ago
Hack a Square to just take the credit card info for use outside of Square? Half of the battle with scams is building trust, so if people are told to be on the lookout for guys with Obama pins and a credit card reader...
- veyron 15y agoImagine if a romney supporter did this ... then no one would trust the obama volunteers ...
- spindritf 15y agoThat would undermine Romney's campaign efforts too.
- Sam_Odio 15y agoThat shouldn't be hard since old square dongles are unencrypted [1]. Just create an app that interfaces with the dongle and looks like the obama app. You're good to go [2]. 1. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/per_visas_orders_square_to_encrypt_its_dongles.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/per_visas_orders_square... 2. Note to the NSA or any other government agency reading my public social network comments: It's a shame I have to post this disclaimer, but I have no intention of defrauding supporters of any political campaign (simply discussing a known security flaw). Also, Hacker News is not a news site for crackers.
- omfg 15y agoYou have to say that?
- shrikant 15y agoSadly, yes. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/twitter-joke-to-destroy-america-gets-two-brits-deported-from-us/2012/01/30/gIQAD0tfcQ_blog.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/twitter-jo...
- jsight 15y agoFrom the comments, it appears there is some debate about whether those incidents (twitter deportation) actually occurred.
- andrewpi 15y agoIndeed, I'm pretty reluctant to hand over my credit card to someone I meet on the street, regardless of the cause that they claim to represent. I imagine this app will be more successful for collecting donations during official campaign events.