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Japan installs cellphone jammers near ATMs to prevent fraud

by Darren Murph posted Dec 10th 2008 @ 7:53PM

If you're tired of being scammed at ATMs by kind, gentle-hearted con artists (and then forgetting it ever happened), you'll be stoked to know that Japan is looking out for you. Chiba Bank has installed phone signal jammers at four unnamed ATMs at bank branches in the Tokyo region, and while it has gone down as the first institution to go to such lengths, we highly doubt it'll be the last. It's not entirely clear what exactly the criminals were able to convince people to do via mobile, but it's probably something like "psst... get me out some cheddar and meet around back." Not that we have any experience in the field or anything...

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Diebold granted US patents for ATM control via cellphone

by Sean Cooper posted Aug 29th 2007 @ 2:57PM

Diebold may have mobile to ATM communications sewn up with a slew of recently announced patents. Using either a cellphone or PDA, users will be able to perform a handful of banking chores from controlling the ATM with your cell via its keypad and screen to using it make payments in a store. A standout in the crowd is the ability to "order" cash from an ATM without ever having to swipe your card and therefore reduce the likelihood of somebody capturing your card's data or see you entering your PIN number. We'd love to be able to pickup a latte using our cellphone as the vehicle for payment, but pre-ordering cash from an ATM seems a wee bit scary -- specially in light of Diebold's voting machine troubles.