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An electronic terminal (10) comprising a touchscreen display (11), a smart card reader (12), a protective housing in which the smart card reader is able to occupy a first smart card reader position, and a safety mechanism configured to detect movement of the smart card reader (12) to a second smart card reader position distinct from the first smart card reader position. The safety mechanism comprises: a first safety element (15) provided on the smart card reader (12) and including a conductive portion (15.1), and a second safety element (16) provided on the touchscreen display (11). Figure 2b

An electronic terminal (10) comprising a touch display device (11), a smart card reader (12), a protective housing within which the smart card reader is adapted to occupy a first smart card reader position, a security mechanism configured to detect a displacement of the smart card reader (12) toward a second smart card reader position distinct from the first smart card reader position, the security mechanism comprising: a first security element (15) provided on the smart card reader (12) and comprising a conductive portion (151), a second security element (16) provided on the touch display device (11).

A dual antiphase read-head arranged card reader is provided. The card reader includes a first read-head arrangement and a second read-head arrangement. Electromagnetic noise is applied to both the first and second arrangements. Waves associated with the electromagnetic noise on the second arrangement is transformed and applied to the first arrangement canceling the noise on a first read head of the first arrangement. The first read head reads magnetically encoded information on a magnetic strip of a card inserted into a card slot of the card reader free of noise. However, the noise remains present such that any skimmer read head of a skimmer inserted into the card slot is unable to read the magnetically encoded information off the magnetic strip of the card.