Don’t try this at home! We did it for you – and for science! Don’t try this at home! The experiments and products shown in this episode were used in the name of science. Don’t try this at home! The ...

After building a USB magnetic stripe reader, [David Cranor] has found a way to fool a magnetic stripe reader using a hand-wound electromagnet and an iPod. The data on a card is read and stored on a ...

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First, we said goodbye to the floppy disk drive. Then, the Sony Walkman was unceremoniously buried. Now, it's time to prepare a eulogy to a gadget that's been an even bigger part of the American ...

Mastercard is getting rid of magnetic stripes on its credit and debit cards over the next 10 years, part of a broader push from the company to use “more capable and secure” alternatives to the ...

This is a proof of concept magnetic stripe card emulator. Adron embedded a thin strip of metal into track 2 of the magnetic stripe. The ends of that strip are wrapped with thin copper wire to create a ...

For several years now, we've seen consumers and merchants move away from magnetic stripe payments with credit cards. As new payment methods – such as chip and PIN, NFC payments, and even biometric ...