Re: Gee, what a surprise: RFID is dangerous ...

["David Lodge" <dave () cirt net>]

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:30:46 -0000, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &  
Hannah <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:
> Thousands of travelers and consumers can fall victim to electronic  
> pickpocketing
> and never even know it because they carry new credit cards and U.S.  
> passports.
> Credit card issuers, along with the U.S. State Department, have begun  
> installing
> radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in credit cards and  
> passports because
> the technology holds more data than magnetic stripes and can be read  
> quicker.

The UK got this is passports a few years ago, and one of my credit cards  
now has RFID on it.

I went the low tech way to stop this and got a portable farraday cage  
wallet: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/8cdd/

Both the passport and credit card have a wireless symbol on it (though  
they're both different).

I still don't trust them :-)

dave
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