Chip and PIN

[James Cox]

On 24 Jan 2008, at 14:13, Roland Perry wrote:

> In article <95D2BBE3-152F-4DFF-BFC0-110029282AFD@imaj.es>, James Cox  
> <james@imaj.es> writes
>> I remember that when these devices were first introduced, they were  
>> easy to place your hand over the keypad, (imagine like you're  
>> playing the piano) and very deftly hit the right keys to enter your  
>> pin. It'd be done in a second and anyone shoulder surfing would  
>> have a hard time to see what you were typing
>
> My favourite C&P pad is on the petrol pump at my local ASDA, it's  
> mounted vertically, no shield, and at about eye-level. Try using  
> *that* discretely.

And they have small-button keypads which are a pain to use. I agree  
that sucks. However, i revert to my previous statement that, if my  
card number + pin + cv2 + address etc did get cloned, i'd simply get  
another one - my credit alert and other id theft protections make that  
less of an issue, just an annoyance.

Still, i would like to see more privacy conscious pin boxes...

  - james