"Useful" gadget.

Brookestone is selling a gadget that allows you to swipe a credit card
in order in input its number to a web site using a PC. That seems a
useful idea and it could also be applied to safely inputting passwords.
I wonder if anyone has heard such a hack?
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James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

On 08/12/2011 1:56 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> Brookestone is selling a gadget that allows you to swipe a credit card
> in order in input its number to a web site using a PC. That seems a
> useful idea and it could also be applied to safely inputting passwords.
> I wonder if anyone has heard such a hack?

Dangerous, more like. It's already easy to divulge a credit card number
to people who will steal your money. Why make it any easier?

Wolf K.

On 12/8/2011 4:02 PM, Wolf K wrote:
> On 08/12/2011 1:56 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>> Brookestone is selling a gadget that allows you to swipe a credit card
>> in order in input its number to a web site using a PC. That seems a
>> useful idea and it could also be applied to safely inputting passwords.
>> I wonder if anyone has heard such a hack?
>
> Dangerous, more like. It's already easy to divulge a credit card number
> to people who will steal your money. Why make it any easier?
>
> Wolf K.
I'm not sure that I get the problem. Swiping a card will surely be safer
than typing in a password with keystroke recorders possible.

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James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

On 12/8/2011 11:56 AM, James Silverton wrote:
> Brookestone is selling a gadget that allows you to swipe a credit card
> in order in input its number to a web site using a PC. That seems a
> useful idea and it could also be applied to safely inputting passwords.
> I wonder if anyone has heard such a hack?

Got a link for this?


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On 12/08/2011, Bob Hatch posted:
> On 12/8/2011 11:56 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>> Brookestone is selling a gadget that allows you to swipe a credit card
>> in order in input its number to a web site using a PC. That seems a
>> useful idea and it could also be applied to safely inputting passwords.
>> I wonder if anyone has heard such a hack?

> Got a link for this?

Search for "the square", that should work.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:56:17 -0500, James Silverton wrote:
>
> Brookestone is selling a gadget that allows you to swipe a credit card
> in order in input its number to a web site using a PC. That seems a
> useful idea and it could also be applied to safely inputting passwords.
> I wonder if anyone has heard such a hack?

I can't see the use for it, when KeePass is free *and* portable. I
have one copy on my home computer and one on my USB stick, so I'm
never without my passwords and copy/pastable account numbers.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On 12/8/2011 6:45 PM, Bob Hatch wrote:
> On 12/8/2011 11:56 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>> Brookestone is selling a gadget that allows you to swipe a credit card
>> in order in input its number to a web site using a PC. That seems a
>> useful idea and it could also be applied to safely inputting passwords.
>> I wonder if anyone has heard such a hack?
>
> Got a link for this?
>
>

http://www.brookstone.com/smartswipe...ctList|651448p

or

http://tinyurl.com/743lxqj

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James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*

On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 20:54:56 -0500, Stan Brown
<> wrote:

>On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:56:17 -0500, James Silverton wrote:
>>
>> Brookestone is selling a gadget that allows you to swipe a credit card
>> in order in input its number to a web site using a PC. That seems a
>> useful idea and it could also be applied to safely inputting passwords.
>> I wonder if anyone has heard such a hack?
>
>I can't see the use for it, when KeePass is free *and* portable. I
>have one copy on my home computer and one on my USB stick, so I'm
>never without my passwords and copy/pastable account numbers.

Likewise Roboform, although Robo isn't free. I tried KeePass awhile
back and was frustrated to learn that it doesn't do anything when you
navigate to a site that has a saved login. I guess Roboform has
completely spoiled me. I agree, though, this card reader type thing
isn't my cup of tea.

--

Char Jackson

James Silverton wrote:

> Brookestone is selling a gadget that allows you to swipe a credit card
> in order in input its number to a web site using a PC. That seems a
> useful idea and it could also be applied to safely inputting passwords.
> I wonder if anyone has heard such a hack?

Why not use Roboform, which does the same but is *much* safer.
--
Bob
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

You know you're old when an "allnighter" means you didn't have to go to the
loo once!

Can you explain how to put keepass on a USB stick.. I use the program and
would love to carry it on a USB.
thanks
sharkman

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pointgiver and Official bb Mediator and NSCS Year 2011/12

"Stan Brown" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:56:17 -0500, James Silverton wrote:
>>
>> Brookestone is selling a gadget that allows you to swipe a credit card
>> in order in input its number to a web site using a PC. That seems a
>> useful idea and it could also be applied to safely inputting passwords.
>> I wonder if anyone has heard such a hack?
>
> I can't see the use for it, when KeePass is free *and* portable. I
> have one copy on my home computer and one on my USB stick, so I'm
> never without my passwords and copy/pastable account numbers.
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com
> Shikata ga nai...