Related [2007] http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/banking/ped/verifo...

> We believe it is not in the best interest of the consumers, merchants and overall payment industry to publish the details of product designs describing potential attacks however remote those might be. Even if these attacks are difficult to be accomplished it gives the bad guys a leg up on research they would not have to do and encourages bad behavior.

in response to : PIN Entry Device (PED) vulnerabilities http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/banking/ped/