You going to get another and name it Tangerine?

https://youtu.be/DtVrbKwWZ1U

(Says the guy with Keanu)

https://youtu.be/K9zy27apgI8

Worse, those meal services like Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, Home Chef…

“What are your meals like? I have specific dietary needs and preferences.”

“Subscribe to our service to find out!”

“This video is private”.

Again, EBT cards are already restricted.

https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/eligible-food-items

They just aren’t restricted in a way that would prevent stealing the funds.

Other cards already have these protections, the EBT cards do not. That’s the problem.

If they were secured the same way as credit/debit cards we wouldn’t be seeing this problem.

I should say too… EBT cards are already restricted as far as what they can be used for, it only makes sense to flag where they can be used as well.

Not a troll, just explaining how the system works with current debit cards and SHOULD work with EBT cards.

Here’s the breach that got me:

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/subway-breach-exposes-pos-vulnerabilities-a-5125

If a user sets it up so “I only use the card in Oregon and Washington”, that should block it from, say, New York or Florida. I really isn’t rocket science.

A payment processor was compromised and my debit card info was caught in Berlin which prompted a call from my bank going “Heeeeyyy… you aren’t trying to buy a Eurorail pass in Germany, are you?”

Yeah, no. They cancelled the card and issued a new one. The use pattern was out of the ordinary. Same thing should be applied here.

Then you set it up in the account so it’s only valid in user specified states.

Nope, still fraud, just not on the part of the benefit holder.

Not enough apparently. 😔

True, but if an Oregon card is being used in New York, that’s a problem.

Metallo maybe? Parasite?

That would put us at risk because the former residents of our home had Hispanic names and we still get mis-addressed mail for them.

A warrant would hopefully reveal “Oh, hey, they haven’t lived here in years.”

ICE rolling in with no warrant will just get people killed.

The “luxury vehicle” angle is clearly a scam, but there is evidence of SNAP fraud, at least here in Oregon, it’s just being done with card skimmers stealing legitimate SNAP data and funds from the people who need it most:

https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/attorney-general-rayfield-issues-consumer-alert-scammers-targeting-oregonians-with-ebt-skimmers/

"How the scam works

Scammers place an overlay device on card readers or keypads, often at smaller retailers such as dollar stores or community markets.

These devices look nearly identical to real machines but secretly collect card numbers and PINs.

Stolen card data is then used in other states to purchase high-demand items like baby formula or resold goods"

The fix for this should be simple: EBT funds should only be accessible in the state where the card was issued.

“I have the right to do a lot of things that people don’t even know about.”

Well, that’s true… let’s start with “You have the right to remain silent… you have the right to an attorney…”

I’d put Gone With The Wind (1939) on that list.

There was a surge of interest in Nosferatu (1922) when the re-make came out, and Metropolis (1927) is always popular.

My favorite Lang film is “M” (1931), which benefits from not being a silent movie, but it is in German.

Marx Brothers (1928-1949)? Chaplin? Laurel and Hardy? All classics.