Electronic pickpocketing puts your credit cards at risk (TSA probably using this too)

wtsp.com ^ | 11/25/10 | Preston Rudie

[Evil Slayer]

Identity Stronghold offers a protective sleve that blocks the signals. Wonder how many will be buying them after hearing about this?

[TribalPrincess2U]

I know this will sound stupid but would tin foil work?

[QBFimi]

>> ... would tin foil work?

Only if fashioned into a hat ;o)

[al baby]

How about a duct tape wallet ?

[B4Ranch]

>>The aluminum foil did, however, help with preventing the card from transmitting. Without the aluminum foil, my card was detected by the reader at a distance of about a foot and a half. With the aluminum foil, the card was not detected until it was about two inches away.<<
http://www.omniscienceisbliss.org/rfid.html

Yes

[tired1]

yes

[Evil Slayer]

Use wrinkled aluminum foil (shiny side out) to wrap your credit cards. It is not foolproof, and it does look a little silly, but it DOES work like another poster said.

Info on Identity Stronghold‘s card sleeve protection

[Evil Slayer]

I like this person's comment just below the article. lol

So if you are in a store and someone has one of these you can see them with it make them open it and if it is a scanner beat the crap out of them and shove it where the sun don't shine .. these should be illegal to have no one needs them unless you are a POS thief

[Evil Slayer]

Problem with any sleeve protection. You have to, eventually, take it out of the sleeve before swiping it. That would make it vulnerable to be scanned. Really,if you think about it, there are so many other ways that we are being tracked, scanned, eavesdropped on by big brother as well as common criminals, it is impossible to to keep this from happening if the perp is determined to do it. Technology is great but it has some serious drawbacks when used by the bad guys.

[ASOC]

As ‘seen on TV’ - a recent episode of “NCIS” used a device like this in the opening - a woman was gabbing CC numbers, burning a new one and headed out shopping....

So - if it is on TV - it must be really real, right?

[RLM]

I assume you’re talking about RFID chips embedded in credit cards. That being the case, does anyone know which credit card companies are using the RFID chips? I would also think that if anyone had their RFID card compromised they would have a good case to be relieved of all responsibility if not advised of the chip.

[pyx]

Someone casually walking through a busy mall could be scanning thousands of credit cards from strangers without victims even knowing until its too late.

[Evil Slayer]

Per the article.....

"Probably 98% of the people have no idea that these (RFID) cards are in circulation and there is 100-million of them already out there now and in the next 2 years every single card is going to have it," Augustinowicz said.

So that being said, your credit card probably has one. If not, they are saying ALL will have one within the next 2 years. And, yes, the RFID chips are not just in credit cards. They have them in Debit cards and any cards used for ID like drivers license cards, passport cards and even in clothing, etc at department stores. The Orson Welles Big Brother age is here already.

[Grampa Dave]

My wife is a big fan of NCIS, and she had a hard time understanding this potential problem.

I will be showing her this article.

[Grampa Dave]

I had two cell phones cloned over a decade ago, that were cloned while we were driving and the phones were on but not being used.

Both times it happened at a busy entrance to an interstate.

I had noticed a ubitious white van parked off the side of the road both times, and I notified the cell phone provider after the second event. I never saw the van again.

The numbers were apparently sold to drug dealers and by the time we got home (in about 30 minutes), the provider had discontinued the service on one of the phones. Apparently some governmental agency wanted the phone to work for a couple of days. The guys were calling international providers, and the costs were tremendous. We didn’t have to pay.

The phone was the famous Motorola Flip Phone. Indestructible basically, but very cloneable.

[zeugma]

RFID chips in credit cards is a really bad idea. It’s a stupid answer to a non-existant problem.

[Tunehead54]

I looked through all my wallet cards and couldn’t see anything suggesting that they had an RFID. Is there any way to tell? Anyone?

[B4Ranch]

It’s a way to track the populace by computer. I am confident that’s what is happening. That data most certainly would have a retail price.

[nomad]

I used to have an email address for wallets with micro-carbon fiber Faraday cage material sewn into the lining, but I lost it. Just do a dogpile search of Faraday Cages.

[Evil Slayer]

I just googled it and here are some videos and articles that should answer your question on how to tell if you have an RFID embedded in your cards, etc......

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