very thorough article - I've always wanted to know how these worked. I had no idea that many of them used Bluetooth / serial etc.

One revision to the post I'd like to see - I'd love to see a section on how they attach to the actual reader. I know they mentioned MitM attacks, but do these readers fit over the top of the skimmer? underneath? behind the entire skimmer? are the visible from the pump itself?

They open the pump face, unplug the back of the existing reader, plug the front of their skimmer into the back of the existing reader, and connect the first plug into the back of their skimmer.

It goes from ? --> reader

to

? --> skimmer --> reader

The face of the pump appears unchanged (unless they broke a security sticker and were unable to replace it)

fascinating - can you still use the backend wp-admin? I've experimented with generating static HTML files with WordPress in the past, but the code has always came out a tad sloppy. This looks really cool, I might be interested in a trial.

edit: nevermind, found this:

https://www.hardypress.com/how-it-works/

again, really fascinating. has it been shown to reduce load times? Can I still minify my own CSS and JS, and "combine external resources?"

is their a public facing demo available?

Hi Patrick, I just saw you comment :-)

You can try the service for free, all you have to to is signup here: https://app.hardypress.com/register

very interesting - been thinking about something like this for an upcoming project. one suggestion, work on the copy on the homepage. I'll admit I was a tad confused by some of the wording, particularly the main heading.

Thank you! Will do!

This is getting crazy! One thing I love about the microSD market is it (pretty much) eliminates the need to upgrade your iphone to the 128/256/512 version and pay $xxx extra when you can just keep one of these puppies, and even take it with you to your next upgrade, or swap to Android etc.

Maybe a dumb question, but how are you using microSD with your iPhone?

There are cases with an integrated lightning -> SD adapter.

You can only use the storage with the app that came with the adapter.

I'm lost, as I thought iPhones didn't have SD slots.

Excellent - I'm a big fan of GitBook and have been using it for my main project. So far, so good. Would maybe be willing to beta test this but I'm afraid I only use basic functions, no Latex etc support.

SEEKING SUGGESTIONS

I'm about to launch a side project / hobby site (mainly JSON-LD, open source) and could really use a second set of eyes. Just need someone good with JSON-LD, DOM, HTML/CSS, maybe Javascript.

My email is my HN username @ gmail.com

I've been looking for this for a long time. I found a website recently that does this, but it isn't an app / interactive you have to find what you are looking for. Will definitely recommend this to my non-political friends who care about the country but don't have time to research.

I think video cards would be really sweet, the gamer community would go nuts over that.

Alright, I have put video cards on my ToDo-List.

If I could give a standing ovation for this product right now I would. This is exactly what customers are looking for and is a very forward thinking mentality. I would use this, and recommend this, and I could see users loving this.

I do a lot of casual hybrid biking (road / light trails) we have a lot of farms around my house so thats a lot of fun.

Also some light woodworking which is always fun. Building a lot of stuff out of re-claimed wood, pallets etc its a lot of fun.

Mostly computers are my job and my hobby. When I'm not working on mar-tech stuff I like to build PCs, electronics, etc. Right now I'm testing all the USB cables in my house to see which ones are crap.

But most of all when I'm not working I like to hang out with my 4 year old son :) I'm teaching him computers, programming, handyman stuff, riding his bike (just took off training wheels).