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Re:Xiaomi camera playing on Google home hub sends stills fro... by creeble on Thursday January 02, 2020 @01:08PM (#21937946)
So, OT, but I wonder if this explains my recent atm withdrawal error on the part of wells fargo?

A $300 atm, card-present withdrawal several hundred miles away (at a golf course country club) from where I had used the card less than an hour before.

Skimmer + camera for pin is sort of the only other explanation, and I'm fairly paranoid about checking for skimmers.

Re:Xiaomi camera playing on Google home hub sends stills fro... by ceejayoz on Thursday January 02, 2020 @01:36PM (#21938210)
I've seen photos of some very convincing skimmers that I'd have no hope of detecting despite being pretty paranoid about them myself.

Rooted point-of-sale devices are also a possibility - that's what led to the big Target hack.

Re:Xiaomi camera playing on Google home hub sends stills fro... by zeta0134 on Thursday January 02, 2020 @02:27PM (#21938781)
I finally saw a gas station with a chip and pin reader at the Bucees in South Texas, and my spirits were uplifted considerably. Gas stations seem to be both the ideal place to install a skimmer and the companies most dragging their feet upgrading to the tech that will eventually make card skimmers obsolete. It's frustrating how behind we are on this.
Re:Xiaomi camera playing on Google home hub sends stills fro... by ceejayoz on Thursday January 02, 2020 @02:27PM (#21938790)
I pick gas stations based on whether they support contactless payments.
Re:Xiaomi camera playing on Google home hub sends stills fro... by creeble on Thursday January 02, 2020 @02:43PM (#21938965)
Going far afield now, but a skimmer isn't going to get my pin, right? This was a card-present, atm cash withdrawal that happened.

So POS systems store pins? I can't imagine them being certified if they do, or for what reason they might.

AFAIK, the POS hacks all ended up with cc numbers, no pins.

Re:Xiaomi camera playing on Google home hub sends stills fro... by ceejayoz on Thursday January 02, 2020 @02:57PM (#21939133)
There are skimmers that fit over the PIN pad, or that have cameras pointed at it.

POS systems aren't supposed to store PINs, but a compromised one certainly could.