Mask your ATM, security system, garage and computer codes and passwords!

There was a discussion this morning about how crooks are modifying ATM's with fake card readers and miniature wireless cameras that allot them to steal people's ATM card numbers and the associated PIN. Here is the link to the Snopes article:

A suggestion was made to always use an ATM inside the bank. However this isn't always possible or feasible.

Remember that, like a computer login account without a password, your ATM card information is worthless without a PIN. Thus protecting your "last line of defense" is most important so I always try to "mask", or otherwise obscure, the process of entering PINs, security codes and passwords by placing the free hand over the typing hand whenever possible.

As a rule, always try to mask the entry of sensitive information when using a keyboard or keypad. Always enter this type of sensitive information with the assumption that there is a camera pointed at the keypad, someone is watching over your shoulder, or perhaps spying from afar with binoculars!