Cloning of Magstripe card

Hi
as everyone can read a magstripe card with a reader, so its cloning is very easy.
What are the risks associated with the cloning and how can we prevent ?? any mechanism ???
And i have read a card with the terminal and got the following:
%EK^110874094^1^02/2049^0101^MR Ali?;E?;E?the starting character is indicating that the actual data is being started. What about the rest of the data, can any body explain it plz....

The point is, make your card and backend system in a way where it does not matter if someone clones a card. With banking the card alone does not give you access to much without a PIN. You would also not hand your cloned card over to someone at a store to buy goods as they would be able to tell it was not legitimate as well. Banks have processes in place to protect against unauthorised transactions which make a bank card safer but that also shows the risk they take using them.
Honestly though, I would be happy for someone to clone my loyalty cards and earn points for me when they use it : ) As long as the card alone does not get them into my account I can live with that.
Cheers,
Shane

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VikingOSX wrote:
Why are you downloading data from the CPAP data card each morning? Geez.
Because I have RERA and am still trying to fine-tune my settings to get the number of arousals down to something that doesn't leave me totally punked all of the time. Thursday night I woke up 15 times, and the longest I was asleep was 1hr 42min, even though my AHI was only 0.5. The only way that I know what happened is that I read my card and analyzed it in Sleepyhead. Which is excellent software that runs on macs, unix and windows.
VikingOSX wrote:
My SD card stays in the CPAP on six month cycles — the frequency requested by the respiratory team that downloads/plots the data to their specialized equipment/software. In 3 years, no data has ever been lost by leaving the card in the machine, or any apnea episodes recorded.
You would be an unusually lucky patient if the "respiratory team" cares about ANYTHING other than your hours of use, which have to be above a certain level or the insurance company won't pay. As long as you don't take your mask off, you count as "compliant" -- even if the reason that you didn't take your mask off is that you had a heart attack and died in your sleep. As in you couldn't take the mask off because you were dead.
Their "specialized software" is ResScan, which totally *****, and only runs on windoze. The latest version of Windows 8 will corrupt the card unless you slide the write-protect tab on. So it's really plausible that the exact machine that they need to run the software will be the machine that corrupts the card.
VikingOSX wrote:
...or any apnea episodes recorded.
Everyone has a couple of apneas here or there, they are normal, especially if you are awake, and a cpap machine cannot detect whether you are asleep or not. If they tell you that you never had ANY apneas over six months, then one of three things is true:
Your machine is a brick and the only thing that it is recording is how much time you spent with it strapped on. It could have worthless settings on it and not be working at all for your medical condition and you could be having apneas all night. You would have no way of knowing how much damage was being done to your body until you had a stroke or heart attack.
The "respiratory team" is lying to you when they tell you that there are no events, or more likely, they are lying when they say they checked your data for events and they just don't know.
You are actually dead and just haven't noticed. (Did you vote in Chicago in the last election?)
VikingOSX wrote:
...the CPAP could potentially stop working if the data fails a CRC check when the CPAP machine restarts. If you have ever had a machine fail over some spurious error code, you know how tired you get before a machine replacement happens.
Which is PRECISELY what I am worried about happening. If I take my one-and-only data card to my doctor, and they twiddle with the write-protect tab and put it in a win8 machine with it writeable, then their stupid windows computer WILL corrupt my one-and-only data card. I'm concerned about the card simply failing, too -- I've been a sysadmin for 34 years and I know that all media eventually wears out, and cheap media (like sd cards) is more likely to fail long before it should.

Import media from card vs. Finder

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Java card and Magnetic Strip card

Dear sir
There is a difference between java card programming and magnetic strip card programming ?
If i want to make a loyalty card which one i should prefer and why ?
I read about magnetic strip cards theoretically and their disadvantages as well but programmatically which one is better ?

Muhammad Umer wrote:
Sir i actually want to know that if that which one is easy in programming perspective. And as i am learning java card programming so can i program a magnetic strip card with the same programming skills ?Then you obviously don't know or don't understand what JDL put in their original response. You don not program a magstripe card. You write code on the host side that communicates with a magstripe encoder to encode some static data on the card, such as the loyalty ID of the card holder.
The host application may have some similarities but that is it. As has been previously stated, a magstripe card does not have a processor so there is no "programming" a magstripe card as such.
You need to start reading the responses you get a little more carefully before simply disregarding them and asking the same question again.
Cheers,
Shane

Magnetic Strip cards and chip cards

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My previous post regarding a MAC is a moot point as you can clone a magstripe anyway. You need to be aware of what the information on the magstripe gives you access to. In a loyalty card this is just the account number for accumulating points. In an ATM card this gives you access to a bank account. In this case the account number is used with the PIN to give access (a weak form of 2-factor authentication). A magstripe card would not store the key as this defeats the purpose. Everything on the magstripe is available to anyone with a reader.
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Cheers,
Shane

My Own Concept Idea - Nokia Gorilla Phone.

I figure a range rather than just limiting myself such as the Navigator Series, the E series, the N series, but this could be the G range or Gorilla Range. anyway i'd like to see this based on Symbian 60
OK might as well warn you,i'm drunk now, i was drunk when i wrote it too, so i've not spell checked it or anything and to be honest not going to either until i wake up so here goes, if nokia can't take on iphone because they don't understand what 'bling' is yet. so anyway check out my concept phone idea.
Nokia's Gorrila Phone
Specs for: Nokia Survival Range - The Gorrila Phone
This is all new, This is for the mountain climber, the skier the extreme sports, the swimming
coach, anyone who works in a dusty or dirty enviorment, this is for the construction worker, the
security gaurd, the police, this is for everyone who likes to venture out past their back doors
and into the wild extreme world we live in, scared of going into a pub in the fear of dropping it or
falling out, the Gorilla Phone can handle it.
We first have to do a special technique to this phone to get it to be what people will need
and want.
*Waterproof
*Sturdy Gel / rubber type case to protect it from drops
*GPS
*WIFI
*Accelerometer
*Compass
*Barometer*
*Signal Amplifier*/Better internal antenna design
*All the frequencies we can fit on
*Small Camera, nothing fancy
*8/16 Gig of Memory for user content files and games images / videos
*100+ meg of ram
*OLED 320*200, enough to see a map on would be ok, a little larger than the Nokia 6110
*Bluetooth *heart rate device
*Docking Station (maybe compatable for future releases?)
Able to squeeze as much power out of it as possible with say a 1amp/h battery
All radio devices off mode except anything you select on the list to help conserver
battery life or survival mode.
AND
Docking Station which connects at the bottom of the phone and then clips onto the phone, there
will be 5 (or more) little metal pins that protrude out of the plastic phone which is slightly hidden out
of the view due to the gel like case..
[Nokia's]
[Gorilla]
[_Phone_]
{ I I I }
[ ] (this is the docking station which just clips in and accesses the ports from the PC)
DPV
So basically once you cliped it on the 5 little pins (as soldered blobs protude gold coated
to prevent wearing away
(Sea water might be an issue, might stick a warning in saying not suitable for sea water due to errorison
which will be down to you other than that the phone should work fine.... maybe a cost underwarrents to
just replace those pins meaning a component could be designed to simply pull out with realitive ease making
it cost efficient to both the user and nokia...)
Other than being able to make actual phone calls maybe if that went under a thin peace of plastic that can be
easily heard so that the case does not get in front of sound quality. and likewise near the bottom or some sort
of attachment for a waterproof speaker. The electronics with the exception of the connectivity modual to make it
easy to exchange the rusted component pop it out and replace)
Battery / Sim Card.
Pull off the battery case, some kind of switch to lock the battery cover into place to prevent it coming out
even if you try yourself, the inner side of the phone should have a waterproof gasket to prevent any kind
of water coming through under the battery.
Outside of the phone we appear to have 0 inputs but infact we actually have it with this simple docking
station, the docking station is connected to the PC via usb so this way your phone simply clips on
no fuss no looking around for a spare usb port, or plugging in the cable, the docking station makes it much
more easier.
---- +
---- Data
---- Data
---- Whatever.
The data can then be grabbed off the phone on the computer, the docking station, while docked it will charge
the phone, it will supply USB 2.0 and transfer files between phone and computer, optional for later advances
could be given on the docking station also USB/WIFI file transfer if not using the docking station
Gorrila Phone Charge In(0) Such as, External Chager
USB Out (which connects to PC)
TV out (TV OUT)
Headphone out (unplug the computer's USB)
- etc
Virtual Drive or Real Drive via Micro SD.
Virtual would be for example this gorilla phone were the 8 gig internal is the memory card on E:\
once connected to the docking station, you then have the unquie ability to put in an 8 gig memory
SD card into the dockingstation and backup or use (from windows explorer) and be able to
copy either from internal memory or external memory of a memory card you've inserterd, in terms
this is a way of cloning your memory card as a backup, this could all be done with the docking station
and a simple button of "Backup Memory Content" simply have a little Green LED and Red Led come up when
you press copy, Green for writing/Reading, Red for Error, or maybe Orange for finished succesfully...
you could then back up your phone to another memory card anywhere anytime... how useful's that! or even
have the ability to use that dockingstation's memory with the mobile device itself and as long as it's connected
you can even install programs on it.... 2 Drives, the posibilites are endless.
So all the outputs we're all so a custom all now live on the docking station, so now what, the protection
of the phone comes first, all the circuits have to be covered in a gel/rubber/glue expoy type substance
and injected protecting the delecate components, it has to be essential to protect ribbin cables
and other little pins and cables that have to stay firmly in place, also doing this will increase
the circuity's protection against g-force and shock.. once all the gaps have been filled and all made
sure to be very very watertight against dust and all else that is thrown at it...
Now then the Gorrila Phone's key aspects
*Survival of any keen trecker or explorer will need and want.
*Tough for the toughest jobs, Construction Worker, Police, Law Enforcement, Road Workers.
*can be dropped from X amount of feet (based on calculations done)
*Survies water and dirt
*Can be submerged underwater up to 30 Feet for 30 minutes or so? etc, give it an IP rating of IP-6
Now then why does an explorer or hiker need this?..
*Electronic compass will always point you north, combine this with GPS and you'll have
yourself a way of locating your position and which direction you're pointing.
*Barometer, small symbian application to interpret the pressure in milli bars, you could
then have your phone warn you if the pressure's increase (high pressure, good conditions) or
if the pressure starts to drop rapidly which could indicate bad weather (storms etc)
*Altimeter could be used, however the GPS is far more precise, maybe something in the future could be done, this would
be uptodate information, other phones could even send into a server, how much processing power and number crunching would
take place if every mobile phone could send a FREE SMS to a server every few hours with your GPS location
and altitude, world wide, i'm sure we'd be able to improve weather predicting with so much data coming in
from the people who say yes to submitting data to a weather server, providing the altmeter is calibrated.
GPS data, this phone will go all out to get a signal, then you have a series of options like sms my current
location to another phone or a request for help including how high up (altimeter/gps) his/hers cords from
the GPS
with the OPTIONAL bluetooth heartrate monitor.
*the phone could connect to a bluetooth heartrate monitor and then it displays the BPS of the indvididual
and a small sensor to measure temprature from the person as well.
*Maybe a Resuce Mode
*Safety mode / tacker
If the person who's in danger is able to get a signal even from 2g or the phone
will automatically try if it's in rescue mode, in rescue mode it could get your body
temprature, BPS, get your GPS location and direction heading from compass, even the barometer
so it could report things like weather info to help, for example is it safe to use a helicopter?
Why yes, the last 8 sms text messages the barometer has been increasing, but could easily be looked
up anyway.
If the person collapses, the SMS messages until someone arrives will be the only info, since we
are able to monitor heart rate and location, the emergency services will arrive.
Now if the heart beat drops below X BPS, it could automatically SMS the wife, brother, girlfriend
or even multiple people, reporting back the person could be in a lot of danger, there would be nothing
like this on the planet.
If not in danger, there will be software to monitor vital conditions, tempraterue of you, it can
also see where you've been by tracking your data and storing it automatically on memory, all data
stored could be used as a 'black box' once recovered, in other uses..
In other uses, it could detect that your heart beat has just shot up from 80 up to 120 and higher
it was an instant change, this could then SMS the parent, or the phone could make a high pitched alarm
sound either as to prevent an attacker and drawing attention to you or the high pitched alarm could be
an alert to others to say something is wrong with you and seek help, it could even detect low heart beats
and also do a similar warning of sms or both.
the Gorrila Nokia Phone can survive up to say -30c because it's well insulated and well protected
from the outside elements if there's a way of making a watertight seal with a slide, use that
if not the keypad can be put below as traditional phones go for example the new nokia 2960 style.
internally protected by epxoy too, So for a good rough phone that withstands abuse and yet be
absolutely packed tight of features nobody could say no.....
With the broadsprectrum of frequencies the phone has to offer, 2G, 3G 3.5G etc etc you stand more
chance of getting a signal with the better antenna or included signal amplifier/booster to pickup
that signal that might just save your life and then your phone becomes your only chance of hope....
Without the gorrila docking station, you wont be able to charge the phone without one although
you could use bluetooth/wifi in the short term for data transfer...
*Accelerometer / Barometer/ GPS...
Each one could be used for this but if all 3 were combined an accurate result would be optained
and better to accurately determine to warn or not, for example if the heart beat drops or increases
significantly an automatic SMS text message can be delivered to friends and family instantly before
the person even realizes themselves...
The person might be climbing the side of a hill and all of a sudden he trips and ends up sliding down
the hill, the Gorilla Phone might be a few feet away now even outside the range of the bluetooth heart
/temp monitor, ok, the phone is montioring the altitude via either altimeter or GPS or both, the acceleromter
detected the sudden movement and jerk and strong G-Force at the very millisecond he falls.
the alitmeter suddenly declines in only a couple of seconds, and now the heart rate monitor is out of range
based on that data.....
The person has just fell 3ft from X,Y GPS cords, and the phone landed X,Y GPS cords, it then gets as much
data as possible such as altitude, temprature from phone (or heart rate monitor) and if the phone is not picked
up within 10 seconds, the Nokia Gorilla Phone kicks into action sending out an SMS with your location on it can send up
to 10 people or so of importance along with contact info directly to you when it happens.
by now, the SMS message will provide emergency services precisely to the location of
where the person has fallen or rough position, as the person may lay 3 or more meter away from where
the phone had landed, this could very easily save a persons life, imagine if this happening at night
in a wooded area, if the phone is simply dropped most people would pick it up within 10 seconds, even then
a drop from roughly were you're holding the phone to where your feet are would indicate a dropped phone......
The heart rate monitor could sit on you as every day normal life and if you have a heart attack, your
phone will know (providing you're linked via bluetooth 10/100m range?) there's a serious medical problem
and again could easily get the message out to save your life, even possibly having an option where the phone
smses AND turns on the loud speaker so you can talk to emergency services, maybe a simple voice to speech or
if you can't speech and can't move, there's not going to be that much of conversation but could be added.
SMS Return: Location: GPS Cords X,Y; Altitude: 844m; HeartRate: 50; Pressure: ?milibars
time spent getting to you to save your life,
rather than time spent trying to find out where you are.
Another option would be to text the phone and then get a text message back automatically
providing access was granted on the phone.
The Ultimate Survival Tool... Nokia's Gorrial Range of phones.
They can save your life, they're tough take them anywhere you want, show it smashed down
hard onto the table with an iphone (lookalike) that just smashes into pieces with the phone
saying pick me up (since it will detect the smash as a drop of phone onto say concrete)
if it detects a fall, if it does not get pickedup within 10 seconds, people are alterted
to this fall or collapse,
Difference in this case between fall and collapse is simple, what's your heart rate at if
there's a problem there, it does not presume it was dropped and that you're in serious medical trouble
take it swimming with you in the swimming pool, get your GPS cords and display them on a map
geotag photos, get info about the weather, using the barometer high and low bands if a low pressure
wave comes in and the barometer is dropping 998, 983 over a period of time will indicate what's likely
to happen, if it increases better weather, if it decreases the weather coming in is bad, the phone
will then direct you to start looking for shelter or find a nice lookout sunshine on the way...
So all is well? the bluetooth monitor could even be attached to you sleeping so if your body
temp and heart rate drop badly, it looks like you're freezing to death, the phone will then alarm
a danger sound to try and wake the person sleeping up as well as contacting friends and family
who will ring you, or give the message out with the GPS info out to the emergency services.
The nokia gorilla's not just another phone, it's your buddy who looks out for you and will follow you
into any conditions you go into, you work on the construction site, you wear a hard hat for protection
when you see a nice new iphone (lookalike) all pretty has to wear a yellow hat, what a disgrace... while
the Gorllia slilently laughs...
The toughman phone with the ultimate survival tools, the Nokia Gorilla Phone, kicked, sat on, used
to prop up your monitor, very tough and very strong handles whatever is thrown at it... but with GPS
Barometer, WIFI, Compass you'll have everything you'll ever need handle what mother nature can throw
at you..
Maybe a couple of LED's to make the casing light up at night incase you drop it, which a sensor can detect
if it's dark or not after it's been dropped (fed by data by the accelerometer, drop found, any light? no switch on lights)
Oh yes and relax by playing with the internet browser over wifi, enjoy the better reception you get from better
antenna or boosed up (amplified) radio signal.. enjoy the fact you can depend on this phone, it's your buddy
not just a phone.
So anyway guys what you think?

The Nokia 3720 classic is a IP54 level water,
Not even close to good enough, LCD screen will crack, water will go in through the jack/charger ports..
The phone i describe has no external ports just 4-5 little pins which can't let water in or out of the device, the docking station will connect via these 4 - 5 pins for data transfer and recharging...., IPX8 standard, all the electronics are epxoyed with a glue to stop real bad shocks from drops and bangs, along with a silicon case and all the other preventative meausres means this little phone is going to outlive you.
in combination with heart rate external bluetooth connection, really what more could you want... only the Sonim comes close in terms of perfection but if it managed to pack all of above, then it would be simply wow... I don't think there's enough people who work for nokia who actually go camping, backpacking, hiking, i'm pretty sure that if i told them one day
on a holiday you might drop your phone into the swimming pool, ok fine it's a mistake but damn, there goes your $$$$ N7 or N900 or even a HTC or Iphone.... not this, you'd yell to the first person you see in the pool, hey mate can i have my phone back, don't worry about the water damage, i'll get it back on insurance after a small lie stopping the person from running off with it (in fear of the now useless mobile phoned killed by water, making an attempt to steal be useless)
The person gets their phone back and carries on about his day, it drops out of your pocket, how many times you ran over it because you happened to leave it behind the back tire. oh no i ran over my phone, the tough casing and the epoxy keeping it nice and safe, except for superficial damage cosmetic, the screen and phone should be working still able to make that call or send out GPS info....
Sorry nothing comes close by any company (except Sonim) in terms of what they can do... maybe even a portable charger turn it to recharge like on LED dynamos. nah maybe not.

USB and serial port access in java

Hi
I have a magstripe card reader connected to my computer with a USB interface (port).
I am using javax.comm API to get the card swipe data but could not succeeded.
Can i do that or have to do something else ???

ok. Below is my code:
this is a sample code come with the API.
package msr;
* @author Dell
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.comm.*;
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* @author
* @version 1.8, 08/03/00
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    InputStream                inputStream;
    SerialPort                serialPort;
    Thread                readThread;
     * Method declaration
     * @param args
     * @see
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         portId = (CommPortIdentifier) portList.nextElement();
         if (portId.getPortType() == CommPortIdentifier.PORT_SERIAL) {
          if (portId.getName().equals(defaultPort)) {
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              portFound = true;
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     if (!portFound) {
         System.out.println("port " + defaultPort + " not found.");
     * Constructor declaration
     * @see
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     try {
         serialPort = (SerialPort) portId.open("SimpleReadApp", 2000);
     } catch (PortInUseException e) {}
     try {
         inputStream = serialPort.getInputStream();
     } catch (IOException e) {}
     try {
         serialPort.addEventListener(this);
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     serialPort.notifyOnDataAvailable(true);
     try {
         serialPort.setSerialPortParams(9600, SerialPort.DATABITS_8,
                            SerialPort.STOPBITS_1,
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     * @see
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     try {
         Thread.sleep(20000);
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     switch (event.getEventType()) {
     case SerialPortEvent.BI:
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     case SerialPortEvent.OUTPUT_BUFFER_EMPTY:
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Overseas Fraud - So much for chip transactions

So, I'm in germany right now on a little vacation. Lo and behold I get the dreaded text message from Chase (about my ritz card) "Did you make a charge at XXXXX for $XX.XX" So much for chips being safer. Every transaction here (and in london, where I was yesterday) have been chip transactions, and my card was still compromised. The best part of the entire call was me trying to give my hotel's address to the CSR over the phone. Way too many letters . I actually called the front desk while on the phone with the bank to confirm the address.

jsucool76 wrote:
It's a US Issued card, I live in the US, card has been used in the US. Card was used on aliexpress.com fraudulently, which I'm assuming is a relative/subsidary of AliBaba. I'm not missing the point, but the card is an EMV card, when used in a reader that has EMV capability, provided it is turned on. That is the case in almost all of europe though. But Just like non-emv cards, they can be used online. EMV plays no role in online purchases. If anything, EMV just means cards will be used exclusively for online fraud. The problem exists because EMV is NOT a 100% safe method, and as europe (and others) have been using these cards for YEARS already, the weaknesses in them have already been discovered and exploited. My last US usage was at Target.com (surprise) and before that it hadn't been used for a little over a month. That is the case with all German EMV readers; and it's very likely that your card was skimmed in the US, not in Europe, unless there's a data breach at Chase or one of your merchants. It's because stores in the US haven't mandated chip usage. Most likely, nobody copied your data from chip terminals in EU, and most likely somebody did that fron non-chip terminals, in US. While EMV is not 100% safe, it is definitely safer than whatever magstripe cards are prevalent in the US today. Online fraud could be reduced by two-step authorization, using a PIN, or authorizing through your bank's online account. Hopefully that'll come through as well.

Scanned credit card details cloned

Hi
I was trying to book a holiday online tonight and when entering the card details I used the 'scan card details' feature. The payment failed so I tried again. Before trying a third time I called my bank who told me that my credit card had just been cloned. I am concerned that the card scanning feature is not secure or that my iPad has been compromised.
Can an anyone please advise?
Thanks
Rem.

Hi
Thanks for the responses.
There were no fraudulent charges made on the card. When I rang the bank they said that they did not authorise the first two transactions as the card had 'just been cloned' - leading me to believe that this happened when I 'read' the card with the ipad camera. I was at home on my WiFi paying on the Thomas Cook website which was showing the SSL padlock icon in the address bar. I have subsequently received all relevant travel documents via email and called Thomas Cook to confirm the booking so am concluding that the website was genuine.
Any other thoughts?
Thanks
Rem

Is it possible to get your crediti card cloned at ITunes?

I have my credit card cloned this second semester. Since I use it all onver the place, I didn´t think it was due the registration on ITunes. Now, in november, I got my second credit card cloned, shortly after changing my registration info on ITunes.
Is it possible to get your credit card cloned on ITunes?
i am really worried.

From what I know the link when you use the itunes store is encrypted and your credit card details are not sent over the line when purchasing, as they are already on the server, only your username and password are sent to confirm your login.
If you updated the credit card details you should have no issue if you did it on the phone, if you did it on a pc, it could be the pc was compromised, but this is pure speculation.

Automatic renewal canceled because my credit card was cloned

I bought the creative cloud app for desk top and my automatic renewal was canceled when my credit card was cloned. since then I get messages that say the program will expire. i bought new signature and received emails confirming the purchase. How should I proceed?

Hi DOMINGOS MEDEIROS,
Launch any of the CC apps, click on license this software and sign in with your Adobe Id to activate.
Regards,
Romit Sinha

Success story: NVIDIA 8600M GT graphics card defect repaired at no cost

This is the story of Apple servicing my MacBook Pro with the NVIDIA graphics card defect.
I had the NVIDIA 8600M GT graphics card defect in my 2 year old MacBook Pro. The symptoms were pinkish images, scrambled and chopped images, and finally leading to no video, all within a matter of 3 days. I called AppleCare using the old number I remembered from my 100mhz Mac days: 1-800-SOS-APPLE. I was greeted by a real person within 3 minutes. She explained that my 90-day complimentary phone service had expired some 600 days ago.
After I mentioned the specific Apple Knowledge base article that described the defect (TS2377), and that it was covered up to three years out of warranty, she transferred me to a MacBook Pro specialist. Sheri ran me through several standard resets and reboots. She then suggested that it be taken into an Apple store for a genius to look at. When I explained that the nearest Apple Store was an hour away, she arranged for a mail-in service.
After the call had ended, I received a simple email with her phone number so that I could contact her if I needed to. Another automated email contained my repair case number and a link to check the status online. The online status center is very easy to use. It displayed three steps: Sending the empty box, service in progress and return. FedEx tracking numbers were included with working links.
The next day an empty box arrived, completely with graphical IKEA like packaging instructions and form fitting foam for my MacBook Pro. I knew when the FedEx truck came around, so I had my computer ready by my side. As soon as FedEx showed up, I explained that the empty box was for the computer and Marcos helped me apply the pre-paid return label and taped the box expertly with tape from his truck. I also placed in the box a copy of the Apple Knoweldge base article and pictures I had taken of the issue.
Apple had included a small stack of super adhesive pre-cut tape square, but Macros was already taping it before I figured out what they were. The return label was also pre-paid with overnight service.
The next day I logged into the online support status at Apple.com and checked my status. The tracking number showed it had arrived in Houston, and the three steps had been updated to "Repairs completed" and "Return in progress."
The return FedEx tracking number was displayed later in the evening, and it showed that it was guaranteed to arrive by 10:30AM the next day. Speedy service! Sure enough, the next day I had my computer back in my hands, all data perfect and intact. I was very worried since I was not able to make a back up before sending it in, and Apple does not guarantee data safety. Apple had replaced the logic board, valued at $700 on iFixit (http://www.ifixit.com/MacBook-Parts/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Core-2-Duo-2-2-GHz-Logic -Board/IF185-073).
The funny thing is, for the past 5 years, I have always cloned my drive or used time machine, but for the past two months I had cleared the backups to make up extra room on my externals. You really never know when disaster will strike!
Learned:
- Apple Customer Care is top notch, speedy and their status site is very easy to use
- FedEx service was very helpful
- If you have a NVIDIA graphics card, Mac or PC, check if your model is affected. Just today Sony announced that NVIDIA cards with defects will now be covered for 4 years out of warranty. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10307592-64.html)
- Back up your stuff NOW. Use a flash drive or email files to yourself for a cheap fix.
Roland

ha
got the same problem with my mbp (dec 2007)
also no video within 5 hours .... also no external video.
lucky i had screen sharing on so i could check the system profiler via an other mac.
It couldn't find the 6800M GT anymore...
did another backup and went to the local apple store
took a print out of Apple Knowledge base article that described the defect (TS2377)
and they replaced the logicboard+gpu for free within 10 days ...
everything is ok now except for my maxmsp copy which thinks it runs on an other machine and complains about a missing licence ....

Problem using HDTV as cloned monitor

Hey Mac Community... here's a tough one.
I have a 2.66 quad core Xeon Mac Pro tower with an upgraded ATI Radeon HD 3870 Graphics Card (it has 2 DVI outputs). I bought an HDTV specifically so I could clone one of my 2 monitors and watch videos that are on my computer from my bed. It doesn't have a native DVI in port (beggars can't be choosers), but I have a DVI to HDMI cable and I can tell the tv which audio channel to use, so in theory that part should work.
Here's where the problem starts: I bought a DVI splitter from eBay (nothing fancy... dvi female out to 2 dvi female) and plugged it in to the primary monitor slot on my graphics card. When I plugged in the monitor then the HDTV, or plugged them in both at the same time and detected displays, only my 2ndary monitor was recognized. Only when i reversed the order, and plugged in the HDTV THEN the primary display did it work... sort of. The display thinks it is a clone of the tv and not vice versa, so my display's resolution is all wonky. I tried playing around with it, and I just can't get it right. I don't mind if the tv was a bit off, but since I need my computer to function as a computer, I need both displays to work properly.
My friends (who are much more tech/mac savvy than I am) told me that this happened because monitors have a special ID encoded in them, telling the computer "hey, I'm a monitor," which is why most monitors don't need drivers. My tv, they explained, doesn't have this special ID, and so when it gets plugged in to be a slave of my primary monitor, it doesn't understand what it's supposed to do. When I plug it in first however, the computer is smart enough to say "ahh... you're a tv being used as a monitor."
My question is this: is there any way I can make my TV a slave of the display and not the other way around? Further, once I change channels/inputs on the TV, it forgets that it's a monitor on HDMI 2, and when I go back, I have to fiddle with the cables again. Is there any way to have it permanently remember that it is a cloned display on HDMI 2? My tech-savvy roommate suggested buying a cheap graphics card and dedicating its own line rather than using the splitter. This would help, but it would cost a lot of money. Is there a way to get the desired effect with what I have? I don't need it to be a third display. Cloning/mirroring/slaving is just fine.... As long as it works @_@
Thanks!
~Bryan

DVI splitters work properly only with displays of identical resolution. It is unlikely your TV and computer monitor have matching resolutions. As you have seen, the splitter has one port that sends display information to the computer. The computer uses that information to determine the resolution(s) supported by that display, and video of that resolution will be sent go both displays. The display on the second port my not work properly with that signal.
If you don't need all three displays on at once, you could use a DVI switch. If you need all three at once, you will need a second graphics card. If you click the "?" near the bottom-rigth of the "Arrangement" tab of "Displays" system preference, it will tell you how to mirror just some of the displays.

My entire phone got hacked and now I believe there is a cloned phone number who is texting my contacts....very bad things and I don't know what to do....get a new phone? New number?

Within the last few months I have gotten several snap shots of conversations from friends that showed it was my phone number but the conversation was not from me. It was someone using my information but texting frieda, family, and some co workers very obscene things. But the person was using completely juvenile context and I don't do that at all with my texts. The worst part was it began becoming such a huge issue when the cloned number or whatever was texting guys stuff and I wasn't the actual person texting. I got no responses to my phone but I had some very confused friends and even at one point my boyfriend got texts from my number when I was literally sitting next to him and my phone was on the coffee table. Anyone have any ideas on what I need to do. I have reset my phone, deleted everything off of it, reset passwords, I don't use location services but I am still having people getting crude messages. It's to the point now that my very own friends don't talk to me through text or my personal email because they don't know if it is truly me. Please help!

Your phone is not hacked however your sim card probably IS cloned.
YOU need to contact your Mobile Network and local police right NOW !

How to create one node for multiple cards?

I want a single minor device node to act as the interface to all instances of my pci-cards.
I have the same pci-cards(pcixxx, xxx).

You may want to create minor nodes on the fly
using cloning or makedevice() interface.
WDD has an example on it in xx_open() section,
I believe
Regards,
Cyril
I want a single minor device node to act as the
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I have the same pci-cards(pcixxx, xxx).

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