Roland Perry on 17 December 2004 at 14:48 said:-
> I detached the PIN pad from its mounting in Boots this
> morning, and the
> assistant snatched it back. APACS advice is where possible to
> detach the
> PIN pad and enter your PIN with it shielded by your body, or
> otherwise,
> from any prying eyes. Quite a performance every time you want to buy
> something :-(
Notwithstanding the DP issues it would be alittle surprising if the
financial institutions do not have some security statement in their
agreements with retailers to guard against this type of potential shoulder
surfing. After all they are the ones who will be paying the bill for much
of the resultant fraud. A pity the individual has the early grief.
Ian W
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> Roland Perry
> Sent: 17 December 2004 14:48
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> Subject: Re: Chip and PIN and CCTV
>
>
> In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 09:09:23 on Fri, 17 Dec
> 2004, [log in to unmask] writes
> >Just a personal warning for you all as you do your Christmas
> shopping.
> >
> >I am aware of at least one supermarket where the CCTV
> cameras placed above
> >the tills (initially for recording operators' activities)
> can easily capture
> >your PIN as you type it in to the keypad.
> >
> >I would advise you shade the keypad with your spare hand
> (Captain Hook may
> >have a problem here) as you enter the PIN.
>
> I detached the PIN pad from its mounting in Boots this
> morning, and the
> assistant snatched it back. APACS advice is where possible to
> detach the
> PIN pad and enter your PIN with it shielded by your body, or
> otherwise,
> from any prying eyes. Quite a performance every time you want to buy
> something :-(
> --
> Roland Perry
>
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