I was out doing errands last night and listening to the Clark Howard show on the radio. Clark was talking about an app called "Skimmer Scanner".
"According to the app’s developers, it works to broadcast over Bluetooth as HC-05 with a password of 1234. If you’re at a pump, open the app, scan your surroundings (5-15 feet) and see if HC-05 is listed as an available connection. To confirm there’s a skimmer, the app will send the character ‘P’ over a terminal. If it gets an ‘M’ in response, the developers say that the reader has likely been bugged and you should inform your local authorities."
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There is no iOS version of this App, or something like it. Apparently, the developer of Skimmer Scanner, SparkX, is working on an iOS version. It's definitely one that I will continue to look for.
I started this thread, because I thought it would be helpful to share your ideas/wishlists for Apps that don't exist. Who knows, maybe a developer will see our ideas and come up with something!
"According to the app’s developers, it works to broadcast over Bluetooth as HC-05 with a password of 1234. If you’re at a pump, open the app, scan your surroundings (5-15 feet) and see if HC-05 is listed as an available connection. To confirm there’s a skimmer, the app will send the character ‘P’ over a terminal. If it gets an ‘M’ in response, the developers say that the reader has likely been bugged and you should inform your local authorities."
Click here for: link to article where I found the above quote
There is no iOS version of this App, or something like it. Apparently, the developer of Skimmer Scanner, SparkX, is working on an iOS version. It's definitely one that I will continue to look for.
I started this thread, because I thought it would be helpful to share your ideas/wishlists for Apps that don't exist. Who knows, maybe a developer will see our ideas and come up with something!