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RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext?
From: Keith Tyler <ktyler () unicornfinancial com>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 14:50:47 -0400
I think what would be even worse is forging credit approvals. Let say you had a credit card and it was dead or expired. Im sure with enough time you could forge approvals into their wlan. That seems very possible. -----Original Message----- From: Philip Rowlands [mailto:phr () doc ic ac uk] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:06 AM To: vuln-dev () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? On Wed, 1 May 2002, Blue Boar wrote:
Heres my delima... I checked out a few of the other best buy stores for "beacon packets" and everyone I drove by was sending them out...so I assume all BestBuy's are wlan enabled. What I need to find out is ... are BestBuys's Cash register terminals indeed using wlan and are they indeed sending out MY data in the clear... I am NOT comfortable using my credit card at ANY BestBuy as of right now... due to legality though I don't feel comfortable walking into the store and confronting someone about it....
You could contact an investigative journalist, even anonymously. Assuming your motives are to protect ignorant customers' CC numbers, rather than extortion, you'd probably get a fair hearing. Search for "whistleblowers guide" on Google :) http://members.tripod.com/whistle20/resources.htm Cheers, Phil
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- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext?, (continued)
- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Blue Boar (May 01)
- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Lincoln Yeoh (May 01)
- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Matthew Leeds (May 01)
- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? H C (May 01)
- RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Michael Cunningham (May 01)
- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Blue Boar (May 01)
- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Blue Boar (May 01)
- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Lincoln Yeoh (May 01)
- RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Yanek Korff (May 01)
- RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Vachon, Scott (May 01)
- FW: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Lane Weast (May 01)
- RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Keith Tyler (May 01)
- RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? verbal (May 01)
- RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Michael Cunningham (May 01)
- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Mariusz Mazur (May 01)
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- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Deus, Attonbitus (May 01)
- RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Michael Cunningham (May 01)
- RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Michael Cunningham (May 01)
- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Blue Boar (May 01)
- RE: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Michael Cunningham (May 01)
- Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext? Blue Boar (May 01)