PDA ATMs are TICKING me off!

[Zamujasa]

... "your pda is gone. so is your money and all your paychecks forever" say for example a fresh blood sample or something.

but, again, consider:

you lost your id.

you cannot access your bank account without your id.

either you:

- beat up the person who stole your id to get it back, in which case you should get your money back while you're at it
- go to the HoP/Captain/etc, who can print you a new card, in which case they can fix your bank account

money being easier to steal is a good thing: keep a closer guard on your id! losing your wallet in real life is a big fucking deal involving calling multiple companies and cancelling cards. with the pin/id, losing your id is annoying until you get a replacement.

unrelated i also think it's *really* stretching disbelief that the PDA printer modules that are able to remotely print out an entire ship's budget from a captain's bank account are also wholly unprotected

if you start pulling in suspension of disbelief then we quickly start to get into a slippery slope of why every station system's authentication is simply a matter of having an RFID card and the most secure form of authentication on the station is a goddamn PIN for a bank account


authenticating a nuke only takes swiping three cards, while withdrawing money requires a card and a password