Identity theft through RFID scanners is all over the news lately. It
is one of the latest high tech crimes to be sweeping across the nation.
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Consumer Reports
Newer cards can be hijacked, too Check your wallet. You might not know
it, but you could have a credit or debit card that uses a tiny
computer chip and a radio antenna to transmit account information from
your card—even when you’re not shopping. Read
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Scientific American
How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People A privacy
activist argues that the devices pose new security risks to those who
carry them, often unwittingly. Read
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cNET
RFID-enabled credit card theft There’s that old expression that waving
money around only tempts thieves. Now, the multimillion-dollar RFID
smart-card industry has made waving around your credit (and your
credit history) that much easier for thieves to steal. New contactless
credit cards, which use RFID technology, broadcast your credit
information to credit card readers, so thieves, using equipment that
costs less than $200, can now eavesdrop on the wireless transmission.Read Full
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digtriad.com
Millions At Risk Of Electronic Pickpocketing With RFID Technology An
estimated 140 million credit card customers are at risk of electronic
pick-pocketing. Cutting edge RFID technology is supposed to make it
easier for you to pay. Law enforcement officials said it’s also making
it easier for thieves to rip you off. “I don’t have to touch this card
to get the information,” Placer County Sheriff’s Department Detective
Jim Hudson said. “I don’t have to do anything other than walk by you.”
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Global News
Smartphone app that allows credit card skimming ‘real risk’ to
consumers: experts A smartphone app, which allows the user to read
credit card information through wallets and purses, is cause for
concern amongst consumers that carry credit cards with
radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, according to
experts. Read
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Popular Mechanics
RFID Credit Cards and Theft: Tech Clinic According to Fu, however,
RFID cards do have a unique vulnerability. “Your card can be read
surreptitiously. Unless you were paying attention to the guy behind
you with a reader, you’d never know you were being skimmed.” Read
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Creditcards.com
No-swipe credit cards could let thieves swipe your info Privacy
advocates and consumer groups have recently expressed intense concern
regarding the security of such credit cards’ underlying technology,
known as radio frequency identification, or RFID. Even though the
systems are designed to only allow a credit card to be read from very
close, researchers have discovered that they can increase the
distance. Read
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