How much detail can you get from a partial credit card picture?
16Here’s a great tweet by @hacks4pancakes with a simple picture showing why it’s always a bad idea to post any picture of your credit/debit card, no matter if you obscure bits or not.
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Never underestimate how dumb people can be. That said, though I never planned on posting a picture of my cards online, that was a really interesting read. Thanks for posting it!
Also I want a credit card where the name just says Pancakes. I would use it to buy only one type of product and I would be happy.
@Mehsturbator I stopped underestimating dumbness after Nov. 8th, 2016. Yeah, went there.
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who in the ever living fuck would post a pic of their credit card, obscured or not, online? better yet, WHY in the ever living fuck would you want to post a picture of your CC online? what possible reason could there be?
@carl669 My first thought was one step further along: why the fuck would I take a pic of my CC at all? I can’t think of any good reason.
@nogoodwithnames Some have unique or unusual designs. Really it should be common sense to just cover the digits completely (front and any imprints on back).
@carl669 I’d imagine people that feel like they’ve finally become an adult by getting their first ever credit card might want to prove that it happened… By proving they are complete idiots in the process.
@carl669 The same people who feel the need to post a new selfie every day, share where they are having coffee, make a video while driving, etc. Every detail of the day must be shared. Yuck.
@nogoodwithnames I’ve taken photos of my credit card before, both front and back. If your card gets lost or stolen, the phone number is on the back and they will ask you for the number that is on the front.
It also comes in handy when I want to make an online purchase. I don’t have to go to where I keep my wallet and come back to the computer. (No, I don’t keep my wallet on me all the time.)
The part to worry about is protecting those photos so nobody can see them and they don’t sync with any online service.
@cengland0
LastPass will handle this
@f00l I actually don’t have photos of my credit cards now. I have the data entered into eWallet which gets encrypted.
I do use LastPass for keeping track of all my web passwords though. I have a different password for every site so that’s the only way I could keep up.
Don’t post pictures of your house keys either.
@awk The sixth pin is a checksum pin on a Kwikset key so even if you partially obscure the key I can pwn your cheap deadbolt!
@awk
You should have told the TSA…
Lockpickers 3D print TSA master luggage keys from leaked online photos
@awk why not?
@icehole Printing a key seems like a lot of work when you can simply use a pen to open the zipper.
To be fair… they don’t even need to see your card… the banks are so very sloppy… all of them… but in this case visa especially…
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/05/undetectable_sixsecond_visa_carding_priceless/
This level of stupidity reminds me of the old “passwords are encoded in chat” prank people used to fall for.
Asshat: *******
Asshat: Crap, typed my password into chat, hope no one saw it
Accomplice: lolwat? All I saw was *******, let me try mine
Accomplice: **********
Asshat: neato! lol
Sucker: Br0nYb0y69
Sucker: hey wait, it didn’t work for me…
@Nuurgle I miss the simple days like this
@Nuurgle is that from bash.org?
http://bash.org/?top
@carl669 it might have started there, but I’ve also witnessed it live in multiple chats.
let’s also not forget the “if your social security number was dollars, how rich would you be?” bit.
kids do things without thinking (and many adults, too). and now that social media is all-encompassing, there’s tons more chances to have your ignorance broadcast.
@jerk_nugget “Hey, what street did you grow up on? What was your first pet’s name? What was the make and model of your first car? Oh, no reason, just trying to get to know you better.”
@Nuurgle lolzactly. also a reason why i never answer those questions with real answers. instead i use a random non-word that’s easy for me to remember. people still occasionally seem surprised that you can do this, as if the site/company/computer/code “knows” if you’re telling the truth or something, haha.
In the name of boasting I’ve seen people post their concert tickets online. I guess through the barcode and all the rest of the info. someone could duplicate your tickets. Maybe someone could fill in the blanks here of why that’s a bad idea.
@growyoungagain They could sell your ticket on StubHub.
@craigthom That would not be good.
@growyoungagain Actually had a local news person post a pic of her Eagles ticket on Facebook. I messaged her, explaining why she shouldn’t do that. At least she deleted it pretty quickly. I would’ve felt bad if someone stole her ticket, mostly because she’s insanely hot.
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Baravelli (Chico Marx): …you can’t come in unless you give the password.
Professor Wagstaff (Groucho Marx): Well, what is the password?
Baravelli: Aw, no. You gotta tell me. Hey, I tell what I do. I give you three guesses. It’s the name of a fish.
[After several unsuccessful guesses]
Baravelli: Hey, what’s-a matter, you no understand English? You can’t come in here unless you say, “Swordfish.” Now I’ll give you one more guess.
Professor Wagstaff: …swordfish, swordfish… I think I got it. Is it “swordfish”?
Baravelli: Hah. That’s-a it. You guess it.
Professor Wagstaff: Pretty good, eh?
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/image my SSN card
