Is the dark, broad magnetic strip on the back of the credit cards ... and others--transactions with silicon chip cards and authorized PIN codes instead of swipes are now the rule.

This hodge-podge of components is capable of spoofing the magnetic stripe on a credit card ... We haven’t looked into the code but is seems there should be either some current limiting ...

A 1970s programmable calculator from Sharp approached the problem with magnetic strips on special cards, and since [Menadue] has one with no cards, he set about making his own. These cards are a ...