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It seems like this is the kind of thing Verifone aught to design, maintain and distribute.
by bredren 3y ago
It seems like this is the kind of thing Verifone aught to design, maintain and distribute.
- kotaKat 3y agoBelieve it or not, Verifone part KIT177-005-01-A is, in fact, a "Skimming Device Detection Tool". https://www.geminicomputersinc.com/kit177-005-01-a.html https://www.geminicomputersinc.com/kit177-005-01-a.html
- delfinom 3y agoI would imagine there's something wrong with it if Target isn't just buying it Though it could just be cost given that Target could just pay for a plastic injection mold overseas and then pay peanuts yearly to make a 60k batch for their yearly renewal they mention, compared to $20*60k each time
- loeg 3y agoYeah. $8-24 a unit vs "under $1." Although 60,000 x 8 still isn't a huge amount of money.
- gorkish 3y agoThis little micro-arms-race to develop and patent a plastic wedge that doesn't need to exist in the first place is ridiculous. The irony is that there is something of a perverse incentive not to solve the actual problem now that such a big industry has emerged to to combat it. If they wanted to build secure card payment terminals they would build them.