possibly noteworthy wrote:
wiretapping ATMs?

Thats a bunch of bullshit, btw. There was nothing wrong with the ATMs last year. Yes, they had the conference logo. The ATM operator let them put the conference logo on them. There was a guy who gave a talk in which he boasted about ATM hacking and there was a rumor going around that the ATMs had been hacked. That same rumor goes around every year. Every year I withdraw cash from those ATMs because they don't take credit cards. No one has ever stolen money from my account. Those alligator clips wouldn't do them much good with the encrypted connection! I'm not saying its impossible. I know how I would approach the problem, in fact. I'm just saying, no, they aren't actually doing that. If one of those guys knew how to do that it wouldn't just be a rumor. It would be a much, much bigger story then Mike Lynn.

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