[Gllug] pervasive computing - everything crashes

[will]

Chris Bell wrote:
>    One of the cash machine scams involved a loop of plastic film inserted
> into the card slot and a miniature camera hidden above the keypad. The
> machine would ask for the PIN but because it was unable to read the magnetic
> stripe, report that it had crashed and just stop. The camera output was
> relayed by a radio link to a nearby receiver, often in a parked vehicle, and
> the card could be retrieved by pulling out the loop of plastic after the
> owner had given up waiting and walked away.

the 'Lebanese loop':

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/atmtheft.htm
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