Do you use gift cards?\u00a0 Some people use them to anonymize their purchases, others because financial situations have forced them to.\u00a0 Take a moment to think about securing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stopped at Wawa on the way home last night, spotted a Vanilla gift card on top of the recycling bin.\u00a0 Why the owner didn’t put it completely in the trash I don’t know, but because I’m dabbler in magstripe and RFID card security, I always pick up stray cards.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I took it home, and was able to log into its account, which had not been secured.\u00a0 It painted a sad picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10\/8 2:05PM – bought gift card $100
So this person bought (or received) a gift card, paid for his or her drug test, bought something at Target, ate at Chick-Fil-A, then spent his or her last $8.27 on gas, zeroing the card out in two days, and then leaving it in plain sight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Do you use gift cards?\u00a0 Some people use them to anonymize their purchases, others because financial situations have forced them to.\u00a0 Take a moment to think about securing them. Stopped … <\/p>\n