[leorocky]

I like Wells Fargo ATM machines, the thing you insert the card into is a transparent green glowing device and all the ATMS look the same and have touch screens. It's easier to tell if someone put a skimmer on them. I do not use non-Wells Fargo ATM machines. I only wish I had the option to type the password on the big touch screen and not the number pad.

[DanBC]

I though that a big green thing just makes it easier for criminals to install a skimmer - they smash the original one off and add their fake version. Being big it has plenty o room for electronics.

I image searched "wells fargo atm" to find an example of the big green thing. I saw lots of older style machines, but the first link to the newer machine with a green thig was to an article about skimmers.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/money/consumer/skimmer-camer...

[ZoFreX]

Not just can they remove (or overlay) the big green thing to add on their own skimmer... once the presence of the big green anti-skimming device is normalised, you can add big green skimmers to all the ATMs that don't have them yet: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/03/green-skimmers-skimming-g...

[smoyer]

I designed those glowing green skimmers because they make inserting your card seem so much more inviting ... and everyone knows that green means go!

On a more serious note, when I saw the translucent skimmer in the article I immediately thought of the glowing rim around the credit card slot at my bank's (not Wells-Fargo) ATMs and realized I'd assume it was unadulterated if that skimmer also glowed.