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A comment on Fear the reaper: characterization and fast detection of card skimmers.

Re:Fear the reaper: characterization and fast detection of c... by adam-a on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:27AM (#17900758)
I'm curious how the detector isn't triggered by normal card readers. Surely legitimate untampered readers are reading the magnetic strip too?
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Re:Fear the reaper: characterization and fast detection of c... by doctorless on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:33AM (#17900779)
They mention that if there is a tampered reader, the read is triggered twice.
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