http://securitycritics.org/2009/03/08/lowes/ Truthful, independent criticism of the computer security industrial complex Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:26:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://securitycritics.org/2009/03/08/lowes/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Corrections & Clarifications Thu, 07 May 2009 00:09:04 +0000 http://securitycritics.org/?p=595#comment-115 The RV friend who went to Lowes with Rob Rosenberger recalls the "verbatim" virus quote without the word "computer." Mr. Rosenberger believes his friend deserves the benefit of the doubt and agreed to place the word "computer" in brackets. The RV friend who went to Lowes with Rob Rosenberger recalls the “verbatim” virus quote without the word “computer.” Mr. Rosenberger believes his friend deserves the benefit of the doubt and agreed to place the word “computer” in brackets.

]]> http://securitycritics.org/2009/03/08/lowes/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Postle Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:25:25 +0000 http://securitycritics.org/?p=595#comment-71 Intriguing. Not doubting YOU, Rob, or your analysis of the issue -- if it's true, it's disturbing on a number of levels. (I doubt I need to describe them.) However, it may be worth noting that I made a purchase via a Lowe's self-checkout on Saturday afternoon (3/7) about 1PM, using a credit card. (Just tossed the receipt this morning.) I had no problems. So, either the "guard" is lying about the scope of this thing, or well, I guess that's pretty much the only possible conclusion, other than to wonder whether *she* invented the story, or how high up the official ladder the story goes. I do have to admit that I've wondered - given that most self-checkout kiosks run OEM Windows XP, how long it would be before s/o decided to intentionally infect (or accidentally infected) those boxes. Will be an interesting story (or non-story) to follow. Intriguing. Not doubting YOU, Rob, or your analysis of the issue — if it’s true, it’s disturbing on a number of levels. (I doubt I need to describe them.)
However, it may be worth noting that I made a purchase via a Lowe’s self-checkout on Saturday afternoon (3/7) about 1PM, using a credit card. (Just tossed the receipt this morning.) I had no problems.
So, either the “guard” is lying about the scope of this thing, or well, I guess that’s pretty much the only possible conclusion, other than to wonder whether *she* invented the story, or how high up the official ladder the story goes.
I do have to admit that I’ve wondered – given that most self-checkout kiosks run OEM Windows XP, how long it would be before s/o decided to intentionally infect (or accidentally infected) those boxes. Will be an interesting story (or non-story) to follow.

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