How heavy is a chip?

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

Interesting juxtaposition of news items.  A week or so ago, Visa recommended 
weighing card readers, in order to detect those that had been tampered with.

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Visa-recommends-weighing-
card-readers-to-detect-tampering-1035293.html 

A couple of days later, saw a report on the latest ATM skimming scam: shimming. 
 This is when the bad guys insert their own chip, that sits on top of the contact 
pad for "chip and pin" cards:

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/63544 

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