• TJ75 (unregistered) in reply to IMSoP
    IMSoP:
    Is it me, or did Ian Ware actually have a lucky escape - to my untrained eyes, that cash machine looks suspiciously like it's been fitted by ne'er-do-wells with a card skimming device (and WTF's that small silver doorknob-like thing doing there, for that matter?)
    Nope, that looks like a normal card slot. And although it's hard to tell from the picture quality, the doornob looks like it could be the camera.
  • Wade Menard (unregistered)

    the doorknob looking thing I think you are referring to is the headphone jack for voice guidance.

  • IMSoP (unregistered) in reply to TJ75
    TJ75:
    Nope, that looks like a normal card slot.

    Really? If I'd seen that, I'd have probably rung the "Notice anything unusual?" number on the machine, which just confirms my suspicion that those notices are pretty pointless.

    Why does the card slot stick 6 inches out of the machine if it's not trying to read my card on the way past?

    TJ75:
    And although it's hard to tell from the picture quality, the doornob looks like it could be the camera.

    Well, that's kind of what I was worried about - WTF's a camera doing watching me type my PIN into the ATM?

    Wade Menard:
    the doorknob looking thing I think you are referring to is the headphone jack for voice guidance.

    That, however, sounds like a good idea - do they really fit them with those wherever you are? (Pretty sure I've never seen one here in the UK)

  • ViciousPsicle (unregistered) in reply to IMSoP
    IMSoP:
    Wade Menard:
    the doorknob looking thing I think you are referring to is the headphone jack for voice guidance.

    That, however, sounds like a good idea - do they really fit them with those wherever you are? (Pretty sure I've never seen one here in the UK)

    I think they've been mandatory here in the US for a while now. The "silver doorknob" thing is a cover to keep dirt and liquids out of the jack.

  • (cs) in reply to IMSoP
    IMSoP:
    Why does the card slot stick 6 inches out of the machine if it's not trying to read my card on the way past?

    I can answer that.

    It's a security device implemented by the bank in order to prevent skimmers. The bank I work for changed all their ATMs to have one of those thingies.

    (I still jiggle it before sticking my card in anyway... "just in case").

    -- Seejay

  • 008 (unregistered)

    The Real WTF is the last pic misspelled Ctrl.

    Even Dubya wouldn't do that.

  • _dbf (unregistered)

    Screenshot from on of the TV-chanels [image]

  • (cs) in reply to seejay
    IMSoP:
    Why does the card slot stick 6 inches out of the machine if it's not trying to read my card on the way past?

    That IS the card reader. Instead of a motorized reader, the head is on the right side. You slide the card in then pull it back out. It sticks that far out so you can keep ahold of the card. I've no idea why another person said it's more secure as I would think you could slap another read head in front of that one and make it just a tad longer.

  • (cs) in reply to sf
    sf:
    Derrick Pallas:
    ' is a valid entity in XML but not HTML.
    The system's probably pulling it's text from an XML config file, don't you thing?

    Or an RSS feed.

  • (cs) in reply to Pecos Bill
    Pecos Bill:
    IMSoP:
    Why does the card slot stick 6 inches out of the machine if it's not trying to read my card on the way past?

    That IS the card reader. Instead of a motorized reader, the head is on the right side. You slide the card in then pull it back out. It sticks that far out so you can keep ahold of the card. I've no idea why another person said it's more secure as I would think you could slap another read head in front of that one and make it just a tad longer.

    For the life of me, I can't find the article or the email about it, but we received an email notification about how these new card readers are more secure and prevent the addition of another read head over it.

    Now the one in the picture might not be the same. The bank I work for previous had no external device like that sticking out, just a card slot. While the card is still sucked into the machine completely, a new security device was put over the slot, looking somewhat similar to what's seen in the picture.

    Wish I could find the information on it, but I tend to delete my announcement emails and the site isn't cooperating with me and returning any hits on my search terms.

    -- Seejay

  • Rama (unregistered)

    Gotta love the last one. Reminds me of the aperture science website. "For more information check the Physical Disk Management screen, see the PERC5 manual. (If you did not make any sense of the last sentence do not be frightened, lay down facing the floor and remain still until a local employee arrives to escort you to the party ... there will be cake!)"

  • ELIZA (unregistered) in reply to NSCoder
    NSCoder:
    sf:
    The system's probably pulling it's text from an XML config file, don't you thing?
    I can't decide whether an ' where there shouldn't even be an apostrophe ruins or enhances the effect.
    Just pretend that she's under the impression that 'it's' is a contraction of 'it his' just as 'feugiat's' is a contraction of 'feugiat his'.

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