Financial identity is *dangerous*? (was re: Fake companies, real money)

[Alan Barrett]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Aaron Whitehouse wrote:
> >Oh, and make it small enough to fit in the pocket,
> >put a display *and* a keypad on it, and tell the
> >user not to lose it.
> 
> How much difference is there, practically, between this and using a 
> smartcard credit card in an external reader with a keypad? Aside from 
> the weight of the 'computer' in your pocket...

The risks of using *somebody else's keypad* to type passwords or
instructions to your smartcard, or using *somebody else's display* to
view output that is intended to be private, should be obvious.

--apb (Alan Barrett)

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