pupbiru

you’re almost always in an area with lots of trackers: every iphone, apple watch, lots of airpods, and macbooks all have UWB-based tracking in them these days

cc companies

best to say card networks, as cc companies both include a lot of other things (like issuers), and doesn’t include some things (like debit cards, which still use the card networks)

i’d argue that any serious company wouldn’t really bother with MAC identification… they’re so easy to spoof that it adds to operational overhead far more than the benefit it brings

more likely with these things you’d have a VLAN mapped to a physical port, and if that port were disconnected you’d instantly get a notification and send someone to check it out

i’d have said that’s less important than TLS or something on your ATM, a VLAN for ATMs that can only access specific services, and all ports not on a VLAN just disabled

really you just want to stop traffic from being sniffed (stolen credentials) and spoofed (“correct - dispense $10000”), and then to make sure it and nothing adjacent to it can access less robust services… beyond that, you just have to assume nothing. the services that an ATM connects to should be robust enough that they do all the validation - the ATM is pretty dumb (kinda in the same way as your browser on your computer: it gets no decision making to access your bank; just is input and output)

MAC addresses are easy to spoof, and physical security is pretty difficult on something like an ATM that’s publicly accessible… plugging into a switch should honestly be a nothing burger… having it publicly accessible - even on the same VLAN as an ATM - shouldn’t be a problem other than defence in depth

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

is banning porn games on the same level?

no… not even a little, but i think it’s pertinent… these groups keep pushing harder and harder and it won’t stop. it’ll eventually reach you as a person; not just your interests

i assume you’re allowed to buy guns with them in the US? that’s WAY more directly attributable

let people live life is more than just good for individuals… it’s just safer for everyone

focusing on harm reduction rather than abstinence and bans

or i share similar concerns with the person from the quote in the final part of the article…

i’m not sure how bringing up something in the article makes it “clear” that i didn’t read said article

next they’ll probably want to ban LGBT content since it’s “clearly pornographic”

the card NETWORK is the part at issue; not the type of payment

the same is roughly true for europe and the rest of the world too: payment processors facilitate transactions over various card networks which communicate between banks

a single payment probably involves at least 6 different business facilitating the transaction, and only a couple of them are your bank, and the business you’re paying

who would sue who? who is being harmed? the crazies sure can’t: what harm have they suffered by mastercard facilitating transactions between 2 unrelated parties?

actually what you want is card network, but even then that won’t do it

i gave a whole big rundown of why this is all way harder than everyone expects here

payments is an absolute minefield with so many layers of BS that gets closer to arcane wizardry and back room deals the deeper you go