Re:All About ATM Skimmers
by jacquesm on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @07:19AM
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Because an ATM has to be proof against many things, not just skimmers!
For instance, there are jerks who would simply wreck them. In fact, the skimmers could simply wreck them until the non-asshole proof version was brought back and then happily continue to ply their trade.
It's like designing a vault, only it has to open up to total strangers who happen to have digital keys, and to complicate manners stuff has to go in as well as out and there is a whole bunch of user interface components strapped onto it.
Designing an ATM that satisfies all criteria is very much non-trivial and any 'why don't they 'x'' should be followed by a short period of thinking about what other boundary conditions need to be satisfied.
For instance, there are jerks who would simply wreck them. In fact, the skimmers could simply wreck them until the non-asshole proof version was brought back and then happily continue to ply their trade.
It's like designing a vault, only it has to open up to total strangers who happen to have digital keys, and to complicate manners stuff has to go in as well as out and there is a whole bunch of user interface components strapped onto it.
Designing an ATM that satisfies all criteria is very much non-trivial and any 'why don't they 'x'' should be followed by a short period of thinking about what other boundary conditions need to be satisfied.