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    Default Spycraft

    There are lots of hazards to us common folk, besides the wizardish sorcerly gambits of actual Spy Vs. Spy stuff.

    Let’s do both here, starting with some history about and the risky state of our present plebeian existance.

    The Secret Spy Tech Inside Every Credit Card

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    Mar 26, 2026

    Quote How safe are the cards we use?
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    0:00 Dissolving A Card In Acetone
    1:32 The Soviets’ Powerless Bug
    6:24 The First Credit Card
    8:21 Magnetic Stripe Credit Cards
    11:51 How To Clone A Credit Card
    13:50 Chip and Pin
    18:03 Operation Easy Chair
    19:58 How does a contactless card work?
    23:39 Digital Pickpocketing

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