While researching wireless security, I ran across an article discussing wireless LAN's at Lowe's.

As many know, Lowes uses Linux as their POS system. But it also turns out that they sometimes use a wireless connection within their store, between the POS and their servers. That's fine, except that many of these stores don't even bother to turn on WEP, let alone use real encryption.

Well, the article talks about 2 crackers from the Michigan 2600 scene who also noticed this. They were able to sit in their car and collect credit card numbers. Argh. There's even a comment from someone who went to a local Starbucks, and just accidentally connected to a nearby Lowe's network.

That certainly makes me think twice about using credit cards at a store like that (as I prepare to go there and buy a dishwasher).