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Piracy streaming apps are stuffed with malware
Lisa Vaas
Published: April 29, 2019
Publication: Naked Security
If you've ever swiped your card somewhere and subsequently had your owninformation swiped, you know how big of a hassle it can be. That's why some researchers are warning the growing EV community away from adding simple magnetic card readers to EV chargers.
A new report from the Digital Citizens Alliance warns against installing credit card readers at public EV charging stations. In the report, DCA claims that adding magnetic swipers "would be a step backward from a consumer security standpoint because the readers are a frequent target of criminal enterprises and individual hackers."