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Anyone know what makes the "Mastercheck Keypad and Printer" so special? I can buy cheap magnetic toner and put it in my laser printer to get magnetic encoded checks, but my understanding is most banks don't rely on that much any more in favor of optical recognition. That was one bit that seemed a bit hyperbolic.



Sounds like he was using that for a long time, maybe a decade. He was just ahead of the curve...


Perhaps they edited or omitted details of what the guy did so as not to tip off people who would like to emulate him.




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