Ohm...we have the capacity for resistance...
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Posted on 07/11/2009 6:03:57 PM PDT by Crimson Elephant
Mythbusters guys not allowed to demonstrate what the RFID chips are doing.
Exactly right. Rather than getting all in a lather over RFID and going nuts with conspiracy theories, do some reading or find a tech-savvy engineer or internet group and you’ll quickly see this technology is about as sinister as a USB drive.
“omeone could stand behind you in line and read your cards in your wallet or purse if they have chips. Very scary indeed. “
Kind of what I guessed.
That part is easy. But the data you have when you are done are strongly encrypted, and not very useful.
If it’s the one I’m thinking of, they set a fake cover over the reader that swiped the card when you did a transaction.
If you want to destroy one, microwave it.
If you want to shield it from being read, wrap it in foil.
If you want to lower your IQ, read the comments on a Youtube video page.
Yes, it is a very deep and dark mystery and only a few are chosen to receive the gift of understanding. Thank God that we are among the chosen few! Remember the sacred blood oath that we took, and do not violate it!
Dumpster Baby has uttered in public the "forbidden RFID words". He must be dealt with, as prescribed by the ancient IEEE scrolls, as written by Ohm, Franklin & Maxwell!
Ohm...we have the capacity for resistance...
(My one EE joke. Humor me. Laugh, or I'll subject you to my Quantum Mechanics joke. I mean it.)
There was a case a couple of years ago in Rhode Island where some Armenians showed up at an all night Stop and Shop. While one of the gang distracted the skeleton staff, the others swapped out the debit card PIN pads at the registers, substituting hacked versions that recorded the card info and PINs. Not long afterward, local banks started getting complaints of unauthorized ATM withdrawals. They noticed that all the hacked cards had been used at the Stop and Shop prior to the unauthorized transactions. And sure enough, the PIN pads were found to be modified.
They reviewed the surveillance videos and briefed the staff to watch for the bad guys, who needed to return periodically to retrieve the recorded card details. They were busted soon after.
http://www.projo.com/news/content/PINPAD_SENTENCING_09-08-07_LN71VVS.3274012.html
“But the data you have when you are done are strongly encrypted, and not very useful.”
Not my area of expertise. It seems like the machines that read them in store could be just as easily be portable however?
The RFID chip in my Pug Gus’ neck is his best friend in a pinch, as well as a guaranteed ticket home if he ever gets lost. Ditto for all five of our (adopted) ferrets...
i carried a PROX-Card ID at work for most of the 90's that would be read while still in my wallet when ever i walked in or out of any door that had a reader...
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That has happened here in Canada. The scam involved inserting a card reader into the slot on the ABM and hiding a camera to record the user keying in the PIN. The banks here had all of the ABMs modified to prevent it.
Is that a tin foil wallet?
My new driver's licence has an RFID chip in it, but it came in a sleeve that blocks scanners- the Ministry recommends carrying it in the sleeve. I'm surprised that the credit card issuers aren't doing the same.
Would that be the one where the defence for a speeding ticket is to point out that if the officer knew where you were he couldn't possibly know how fast you were going?
Here in Toronto there were a lot of similar scams, most of which were inside jobs- one member of the ring would get a job as a night attendant at a gas station, and they’d swap out the card reader for the duration of the shift.
They don't.
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