Cambridge University student's thesis censored because it documents a well-known flaw in the chip-and-pin system.
Banks attempt to censor student thesis - Gotta chip-and-pin on their shoulder | TechEye: "UK banking trade association has attempted to have a Cambridge University student's thesis censored because it documents a well-known flaw in the chip-and-pin system. Melanie Johnson of the UK Cards Association wrote to the University complaining that Omar Choudary's thesis, titled The Smart Card Detective:a hand-held EMV interceptor, gave away information about the 'No-Pin' vulnerability. This is despite the fact that the flaw was discovered last year by other Cambridge scientists and published last February - and has in any case recently been fixed. Johnson said that the association was worried that the department's work could undermine public confidence in the chip-and-pin system - which couldn't be allowed to pass, obviously. And she was bothered by the way Choudary tested the vulnerability by making a transaction in a local shop: 'Concern was expressed...