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• The E-Sylum: Volume 9, Number 16, April 16, 2006, Article 18
  

  WHY PEOPLE MICROWAVE THEIR ATM CARDS
  

  In previous issues, we've discussed the use of RFID (radio
  frequency identification) tags in currency and credit cards.
  On April 10 the Wall Street Journal published a related article
  titled, "Why Some People Put These Credit Cards In the Microwave."
  

  "When Brenden Walker got his new MasterCard PayPass ATM card
  in the mail last month, he headed to the gas station to try
  it out.
  

  To test the card's "Tap N Go" convenience, he passed it in front
  of the scanner, which activated with a beep and displayed the
  word "authorizing..." on its LCD screen.
  

  That was quite enough for Mr. Walker. Without completing the
  transaction, he put the card down on the pavement and took a
  hammer to it."
  

  "The PayPass card, which contains an embedded radio chip, had
  worked perfectly.... But Mr. Walker, a 37-year-old software
  engineer in Canton, Ohio, is one of a growing number of computer
  and technology experts who are becoming anxious about possible
  abuses of the technology. Mr. Walker fears that thieves will be
  able to eavesdrop on the radio transmission and buy gas at his
  expense."
  

  "Others are using do-it-yourself methods for disabling radio
  chips, including microwaving them. The electromagnetic energy
  emitted by a microwave oven fries the chip and renders it
  useless. The downside: Tagged items might burst into flames
  in the process..."
  

URL di origine

• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v09n16a18.html

Data di pubblicazione

• 2006-04-16

Volume

• 9

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