Re: Smart card proposal

[Hugo Fortier <hugo.fortier () gmail com>]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:39:08 +0100, Rogan Dawes <discard () dawes za net> wrote:
> Rishi Pande wrote:
> >     I like Rogan's solution. But, I think by putting these card-readers
> > at internet cafes (a rarity in my town - and I stay about an hour away
> > from NYC) you are basically circumventing the solution that online
> > banking offers- ease of use - it's 4 am let me go and check my bank
> > account.
>
> The idea behind installing them in the Internet Cafe's is that people
> who are mobile can expect to find at least one smart card reader at an
> Internet Cafe, sot hey don't have to worry about whether the place they
> will be at can use their smart card . . .

Could you trust a smart card reader found in a Internet Cafe? People
are doing fake ATM front end to steal your NIP and magnetic strip,
don't you think they could do a smart card reader with a backdoor?

You should't be trusting a Internet Cafe computer to access your
online bank account anyway...

And the consequence of getting your online banking account compromised
are a lot worst than getting your debit card comprimised...

Hugo