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SvicksTc · 01-19-2011, 12:31 PM

Hey my mom sent me this email this morning about this news story on electronic pickpocketing

cliffs: guy walks around with computer like device gets near you with the computer and it steals your credit card number etc...

check it out might be good to beaware of this

I dont know if it is new or old news but it is new news to me so i thought i would share

http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-electr...726,full.story

credit cards
passports
debit cards

Basically RFID hacking

Scapegoat · 01-19-2011, 01:20 PM

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/8cdd/

been thinking about grabbing one of these, but i like my wallet...

SvicksTc · 01-19-2011, 02:02 PM

i wonder how much of a real threat this is especially with how desperate people are getting

nuTinmuch · 01-19-2011, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SvicksTc

i wonder how much of a real threat this is especially with how desperate people are getting

I can tell you right now that it is basically a non-threat.

That report greatly exaggerated how well/often this works.

DC2.2GSR · 01-19-2011, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/8cdd/

been thinking about grabbing one of these, but i like my wallet...

Hmmm.. built-in Faraday cage... so it's EMP proof/resistant. Post apocalyptic credit cards - sweet.

05GT · 01-19-2011, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SvicksTc

I dont know if it is new or old news but it is new news to me so i thought i would share

Basically RFID hacking

Kinda old news yeah, but still a decent topic.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nuTinmuch

I can tell you right now that it is basically a non-threat.

That report greatly exaggerated how well/often this works.

Yeah I watched a show about this exact thing on TV. It doesn't work all the time. It would still suck though.

01-19-2011, 12:31 PM	#1
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