Word: cards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the introduction of electronic access cards in 1992, it became possible for the administration to track electronically every keycard swipe made at the University. In the split second between swiping your card at a dorm entrance, vending machine or library photocopier and getting a pleasing green light, your ID is checked against records, and the time and location of your swipe is recorded. Of course, the records are kept confidential, and unless the Harvard Police or Ad Board has good reason to believe that you've broken a major rule or committed a crime, nobody will ever know that...
Costly Calling-Card Calls...
...enforcement officials are investigating a new phone scam in which hackers electronically steal calling-card numbers from travelers. As he prepares to make a call, the victim hears a pay phone ring in an airport and answers it, only to find no one on the line. But when he then dials his own call, the crooks tap in and swipe his card number. A tip to the curious: pick up, then hang up for 20 seconds before dialing...
...year, a few million e-filers who have software like TurboTax, as well as those who use a preparer like H&R Block, can zap their 1040--paper free--with a code substituting for their signature. E-filers can also pay their balance due by phone with a credit card--for a fee, of course...
Cynthia Langille, Yard Operations and Access Control Systems Coordinator for FAS Physical Resources, says that in Houses with more recently-installed card readers, switching to universal access simply means making technical changes to an already existant system rather than adding equipment...