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Hackers are draining bank accounts via the Starbucks app
CNN ^ | 05/14/15

Posted on 05/14/2015 7:10:28 PM PDT by Enlightened1

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This is the danger of going cashless.
1 posted on 05/14/2015 7:10:28 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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...”This is the danger of going cashless”...

Absolutely....but they will do it just the same and convince society it’s safe anyway.


2 posted on 05/14/2015 7:12:12 PM PDT by caww
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One of many and certai ly not the biggest.

The biggest is big brother freezing your accounts. Or just taking them. For any number of reasons. In the future for being white, or a man.


3 posted on 05/14/2015 7:12:22 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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And....”for the children”.


4 posted on 05/14/2015 7:13:42 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: Enlightened1

Here is the video of the Starbucks CEO getting interviewed by CNN. Found it interesting that their sales were down. I wonder if that had anything to do with their Anti-Second Amendment stance?

http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/11/03/starbucks-ceo-on-mobile-payments.cnnmoney/


5 posted on 05/14/2015 7:13:43 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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LOLOL...that’s right...their favorite line used 24/7


6 posted on 05/14/2015 7:18:34 PM PDT by caww
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To: Enlightened1

But that’s just to pay for a few coffees.


7 posted on 05/14/2015 7:20:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Enlightened1

Bingo! What the hell is wrong with cash? You pay, no record for any criminal, and it is over.


8 posted on 05/14/2015 7:22:10 PM PDT by Fungi
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It's all about tracking everything about you. They can't track you with cash..., or well it's A LOT harder and too many loops to jump through.

This is why they want the FCC to control the Internet. The Smart Phones spy on you. The Smart Meters spy on your utilities usage, the iWatch (aka I watch you) tracks you, all the spying on your email and anything you do in the Cloud via Facebook, Twitter and Amazon.

It's all then analyzed through algorithms, and then they can label you and make a case against you. Oh and if you are not on it then you risk being labeled too.

The best way to counter this gigantic merging spy grid is to pump it full of disinformation. That way it can't properly analyze you.

9 posted on 05/14/2015 7:32:24 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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If you gotta buy a cup of coffee on credit, you don’t belong buying it at all. Learn to brew it at home. That’s why I’ve never darkened the door of a Starbucks and never will (not you Enlightened 1) /ranting geezer.


10 posted on 05/14/2015 7:34:40 PM PDT by shove_it (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
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To: Enlightened1

Can’t get me, I don’t drink that expensive liberal swill.


11 posted on 05/14/2015 7:35:13 PM PDT by wetgundog ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
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To: Enlightened1

I’ve been using cash more and debit cards less.


12 posted on 05/14/2015 7:36:13 PM PDT by jetson (Can I catch you a delicious bass...)
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I LOVE IT. They won’t even bother paying cash for a $3.00 purchase...oh well.


13 posted on 05/14/2015 7:36:17 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my home page))
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Thank you for saying it for me. No Twitter, mo Facebook (aka Farcebook), no iwatch, no Instagram, no....you get my point. I will not conform.


14 posted on 05/14/2015 7:37:51 PM PDT by Fungi
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I think this may be ping worthy. . . the Starbucks App is not secure if you use a weak password. Hackers can break into your Starbucks account using their own computer or mobile phone and then add gift cards in their name to drain your bank account, charging up your linked credit card, or linked PayPal Account. . . all before you know about it. These crooks gain your information from WIFI transaction data at Starbucks and then go-to-town with your account after they crack your password. Merely blocking gift cards is insufficient, because once they are in your account, they can activate gift cards. Make sure you use a complex password using upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols on your Starbucks account to keep them out. . . PING!


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15 posted on 05/14/2015 7:42:31 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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I like to use randomly generated passwords.

A good example is this one:

kA7&)~^CxqYh(~Vv

Now that might seem hard to remember but it's actually easy if you write out a coded phrase that allows you to piece the password together and store it in the cloud where you can access through a mobile device.

For instance, this is how I would write out the password above...

korean APPLE 7 & ) ~ ^ COFFEE xbox queen YELP hulu ( ~ VISA visa

Now nobody but me would be able to piece together the password from that.

16 posted on 05/14/2015 7:54:52 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Fungi

Because they can’t control you if you use cash. Going digital means they can flip off the switch anytime they want.


17 posted on 05/14/2015 8:04:18 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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Bongo!!!!!!! You are hereby given the most highly acclaimed seven exclamation mark award.


18 posted on 05/14/2015 8:09:04 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Enlightened1

I’m glad I never do business with Starbucks.


19 posted on 05/14/2015 8:18:07 PM PDT by WVNan
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20 posted on 05/14/2015 8:18:34 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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