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Comment wireless counters to adjust bank accounts (Score 2) 292

Well, a few days ago we've been standing outside, smoking and talking about wireless networking - just the usual fun - while a friend told us a story about the Dresdner Bank, who had recently installed wireless Logitech mice and keyboards in one (or even more ?) of their subsidiaries here in Berlin/Germany. The reason for that was that they didn't want to drill cabling holes into their brandnew desks and counters !
Our idea was - as a matter of course - to sniff their fingertips and micemoves, and with knowledge of their software's menu and operating structure, to make our red account balance become deep black again. A few days later we all laughed about the report of a security consultant concerning a German bank, which we first read about here (in German). They of course didn't mention the bank's name ... Funny that in a highly security sensitive environment like a bank somebody had the funny idea to use wireless keyboards and mice instead of leaving doors and safes wide open ...

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