Comments on: RFID: Give Out Your Credit Card Info As You Walk Around Town !

By: frank malone

frank malone — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:14:04 +0000

this rfid technology for use as a payment method is an open door for fraud and identity theft. I can not believe that banks are willing to issue credit cards with this feature. Also suppose someone has more than 1 credit card with this technology how does one decide which card to use without disclosing all cards to the merchant. I see no point in needing to use a credit card 30 feet from the register. might as well swipe the card manually.
I think the prudent thing to do is remove or damage this chip in the credit cards. As far as the wallet goes, I’m not too crazy about the styles and I prefer the thinnest possible wallet since I carry many cards.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:40:10 +0000

As a fashion enthusiast, I’m disapointed in the design of these wallets, as well as the variety. Some men prefer Tri-Fold wallets instead of Zipper wallets, and Bi-Fold wallets. Being a man, I want to point out that these wallets need more of a variety. To be truthful I wanted to buy a data-safe wallet, but I wanted to buy one that was a tri-fold, despite the design; as long as it was a tri-fold. Maybe I would’ve bought a bi-fold, but like I said I’m enthusiastic when it comes to fashion.

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Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:46:09 +0000

[...] Participants have the option to ‘turn on’ or enable the PayPass functionality only at the point of sale and disable it at all other times. I blogged possible security issues with RFID a similar technology a few weeks. The post is here. [...]

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By: Mark Herpel

Mark Herpel — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:37:26 +0000

I sent your questions to the manufacturer and got a prompt response, it is posted with the technical info in the actual original post (more…) or here is the text part:

Mark -

Many thanks for the post and your support! The wallets have certainly been tested, but it’s a very good question as there are intricacies involved in using this material that need to be overcome for better effectiveness. For instance, just sewing this fabric causes small holes in the material that actually deteriorate the shielding effectiveness. This is why we filed a patent for our design with multiple layers — in some models up to 15 layers of the material — as additional protection. There are other wallets out there that only use a single layer in the lining but we found that this just was not effective enough, especially when you’re talking about protecting someone’s identity and/or credit card information!

You can literally lay one of these DataSafe Wallets on a contactless reader with contactless credit cards inside and it will not be able to read them. It’s as if they are not there.

Below is some of the testing data that we have done.

http://digitalmoneyworld.com/rfid-give-out…..102

By: rfidhawk

rfidhawk — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:23:00 +0000

It isn’t the number of shielding layers that matters. Nor is it “RF” Shielding that is the primary criteria. “RFID” is a different protocol covering specific frequencies per the tag, reader and antenna dynamics. The important issue about these wallets is 1)the design of each one, and 2)has each finished wallet design been tested (not just the RF material used)for what frequencies, and are the test results available to the consumer. Without such knowledge the consumer is give false hope and may still be at risk. Ask the manufacturer for these important test results – if they exist. Otherwise…

By: Mark Herpel

Mark Herpel — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:56:01 +0000

Just as a bit of a follow up I just read…let’s see how it goes.

US Bank has announced that it is beginning a pilot of contactless cards in Denver – saying that “a group of U.S. Bank customers in the Denver area will soon be able to use a new “contactless” feature with their U.S. Bank Visa Credit Cards that allows them to quickly pay for purchases by holding their card in very close proximity to a secure reader at checkout instead of swiping it or handing it to a cashier.”