Ottawa man finds security flaw in Starbucks gift cards

[Francis]

All I can say is scary.... It was so simple for this guy to steal money from a gift card you have to wonder and yet the store would not return his calls..

A CTV Ottawa investigation has uncovered some security concerns with gift cards sold at Starbucks. A customer of the coffee chain has discovered that anyone can spend the money on the card with a simple tool picked up off the Internet.

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http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20111125/starbucks-gift-cards-111125/

 

[porterjack]

starbucks dont want bad press

 

[Francis]

starbucks dont want bad press

So was that you than ? :24:

 

[porterjack]

would not be caught dead in starbucks

timmies for me

 

[Francis]

would not be caught dead in starbucks

timmies for me

Yah I heard Timmies will be catering to you soon.. Plush chairs and more expensive drinks with Lasagna..

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/11/12/tim-horton-upscale.html

 

[porterjack]

we can already get lasagne in my local timmies

also lattés

whatever next - a champagne VIP room for a rub down

 

[Staci]

wonder why they wont respond? he brings up a very good point

 

[porterjack]

wonder why they wont respond? he brings up a very good point

they dont want their faults dealt with in the press

 

[Staci]

they dont want their faults dealt with in the press

they should realize that this type of press (them ignoring the phone calls) is gonna be worse than any other press generated about it

 

[porterjack]

they should realize that this type of press (them ignoring the phone calls) is gonna be worse than any other press generated about it

i think they will quickly realise this

 

[JuggsBunny]

When Starbucks doesn't respond, it makes them look like they just don't give a shit about their consumers/customers.

 

[porterjack]

When Starbucks doesn't respond, it makes them look like they just don't give a shit about their consumers/customers.

i dont think they do, they are too too big

 

[Francis]

wonder why they wont respond? he brings up a very good point

It could be various reasons..

He may not have said, in the phone call to Starbucks, what or why he was calling except that he found a problem with Gift Cards.. One can only imagine how many calls they get about problems with Gift Cards a day..

Cranks calls about this type of stuff all the time I would imagine..

We don't know how or why he went about it.. Personally if it was me I would have asked for a manager and showed him as most Starbucks are "company owned" and very few franchises.

I would say before they got back to him, if he had described the issue in detail, is they may have been verifying the problem and contacting the card company that makes them to find out why this was happening. You gotta remember these cards are made in Asia and it's not like they will have an answer in seconds from the people they sub-contracted these out to..

It will be interesting to see in Tim Hortons, WalMart and other such Gift Cards that are extremely similar have the same issue..

 

[Dana]

we can already get lasagne in my local timmies

also lattés

whatever next - a champagne VIP room for a rub down

:24: im down

 

[Francis]

:24: im down

Have you ever been to Tim Hortons ?

They show having them in Maine..

 

[Dana]

Have you ever been to Tim Hortons ?

They show having them in Maine..

yes i wasnt really impressed they have one in my city

 

[freakofnature]

would not be caught dead in starbucks

timmies for me

I like you. :coffee

 

[freakofnature]

yes i wasnt really impressed they have one in my city

 

[porterjack]

I like you. :coffee

I knew it
Can we get married now

 

[freakofnature]

I knew it
Can we get married now

Oh sure. When the Flames win the Cup. :nod: