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Stealing payment card data and PINs from POS systems is dead easy

Network World

They typically run Windows and have peripherals like keyboards, touch screens, barcode scanners and card readers with PIN pads. But there are easier ways to steal this sort of data, due to a lack of authentication and encryption between card readers and the POS payment applications. POS systems are specialized computers.

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Top 6 Weight Loss Apps for 2017

Galido

All you need to do is scan the barcode with your Android smartphone or iPhone, and the app will get to work. MyFitnessPal comes with a searchable database containing a million food items and ideas meaning that you should be able to add a proper food log through your Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, or BlackBerry easily.

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How to Make a QR Code: 7 Ways to Generate QR Codes

Tech Republic

QR codes make it easy for people to point-and-tap to access an online menu, connect to Wi-Fi or link to any website. Learn how to create a QR code.

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Traveling (Part 2) - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

No matter where I am, it becomes much easier to find the numbers from the app (which will display the barcode if there is one to be scanned) then to have a keychain or wallet filled with all the different cards. Windows Phone. I store all of my hotel, supermarket, drug store and rental car numbers in it. MBYOD – Tiering Your Ecosystem.

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Google expands shopping searches with Lens and in-store inventory checks

The Verge

If you enjoy window shopping or browsing curated collections at a brick-and-mortar store for inspiration, finding something online you don’t yet know you want or are unaware of is tricky if you start with a text search. Now, it wants more window shopping to be done right from Google search. Image: Google.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

And so you just pop that into the computer and it turns out it's run in Windows, and everything's written in dotnet. But I'm still not sure why they're all there, but they're there. And then there's other devices too. And so it's fairly easy to take a look at that code. So that proved to be fairly interesting.