Electronic Pickpocket

Discussion in 'Serious' started by Teelzebub, 8 Dec 2010.

  1. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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    Teelzebub, 8 Dec 2010
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  2. AcidJiles

    AcidJiles Minimodder

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    One of the reasons I don't really want one of those cards.
     
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  3. Akava

    Akava Lurking...

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    It is kinda worrying when you think about how close people are at a busy tube station and on the train itself, it would be pretty easy.
     
    Akava, 8 Dec 2010
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  4. thehippoz

    thehippoz What's a Dremel?

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    =] sick

    I don't have rfid on my cards.. but I'll look on any issued from now on
     
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  5. Ljs

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    *searches ebay for a card reader*
     
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  6. Silver51

    Silver51 I cast flare!

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    Theoretically, if you mount the sensor up your sleeve or have it disguised as a wristwatch, you can scan back pockets in a crowd without moving unnaturally or carrying anything suspicious.

    To be honest, RFID shouldn’t be used to carry or transmit data that the owner didn't want made public. I'd refuse to own a RFID debit card. Should the bank or bank's card vendor not issue one sans this ability, move to another bank.
     
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  7. docodine

    docodine killed a guy once

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    RFID blocking wallet solves the problem.
     
    docodine, 10 Dec 2010
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  8. brave758

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    lol bring out the lead pants
     
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  9. Dude111

    Dude111 An Awesome Dude

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    Just stick whatever you think has one of these RFID chips in it IN A MICROWAVE for about 10 seconds,the RFID chip will be destroyed [​IMG]
     
    Dude111, 11 Dec 2010
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  10. sui_winbolo

    sui_winbolo Giraffe_City

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  11. ch424

    ch424 Design Warrior

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    I'm really quite surprised by this. You'd have thought there was some kind of authentication going on, and the person with the reader would need to provide their identity to the bank to actually get money from the customer. The Visa payWave thing on Barclaycard says it's limited to £15 as well.
     
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