It looks to me like the physical motion of the device would be as much part of the security as the sideways insertion, Presumably if you tried to stick a device on the front it would just get pushed off by the spinny thing sticking out. Either that or the machine would fail to load the card and the transaction wouldn't happen.
Posts by Snivelling Wretch
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Jailed Romanian hacker repents, invents ATM security scheme
Prankster 'Superhero' takes on robot traffic warden AND WINS
Friday 17th May 2013 09:37 GMT
One thing I've wondered is about the law on displaying number plates. I would imagine it is only a requirement to display them on the public highway, and since these car parks are private, presumably one could quite legitimately remove/cover the plate on entering the car park if so inclined? Mind you, they've probably already thought of that and written it into the small print on the car park notice...