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ATM NFC Hack

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Re: ATM NFC Hack

#11

You might score north of $10K if you're lucky and/or hit a few. But given all the cameras on and around an ATM this would be a quick way to living your life looking over your shoulder.

Unless you obscured your face with e.g. a motorcycle helmet or something.

Re: ATM NFC Hack

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post #3

Yet another buffer overflow. Probably the software is written by some C/C++ developers who swear that those never occur in their code. Given the large number of security problems that have been caused by buffer overflows and similar problems, I find it very sad that any programs that need security are still written in C/C++.

If you can’t be trusted to handle basic, simple non-creative tasks like managing memory and buffers you are not actually a professional programmer, though you might have convinced an employer otherwise.

Re: ATM NFC Hack

#16

You might score north of $10K if you're lucky and/or hit a few. But given all the cameras on and around an ATM this would be a quick way to living your life looking over your shoulder.

Unless you obscured your face with e.g. a motorcycle helmet or something.

Or a mask. But I guess you'd look really out of place wearing one of those in public. Good thing we're not in the middle of a global pandemic.

Re: ATM NFC Hack

#17
post #4

Terminator 2 ATM hacking scene, except by waving a phone.

Now I see how obi-wan did it. Waves hand. “These are the PIN digits you’re looking for.”

Re: ATM NFC Hack

#18
post #3

Yet another buffer overflow. Probably the software is written by some C/C++ developers who swear that those never occur in their code. Given the large number of security problems that have been caused by buffer overflows and similar problems, I find it very sad that any programs that need security are still written in C/C++.

If you can’t be trusted to handle basic, simple non-creative tasks like managing memory and buffers you are not actually a professional programmer, though you might have convinced an employer otherwise.

Often it's the employer encouraging the programmers to cut corners.

Re: ATM NFC Hack

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you can’t be trusted to handle basic, simple non-creative tasks like managing memory and buffers you are not actually a professional programmer, though you might have convinced an employer otherwise.

Often it's the employer encouraging the programmers to cut corners.

No, it’s the market.
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