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I'd be more worried about someone compromising a card reader in the field and reading cached/stored real CC details, or installing some kind of intercepting malware.

That's happened at least several times already.

I believe breached PoS terminals were what happened in the big Target hack.



> I believe breached PoS terminals were what happened in the big Target hack.

The problem is that PoS terminals are not EMV terminals. EMV terminals have been through a certification process, and the hardware part of that certification ensures that the vendor only runs signed-binaries.

Honestly, even if you could write and sideload (or even replace) the applications on the EMV terminal, I do not see a way to get them to a) run, and then b) send money elsewhere.




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