Comments on: Hooray, my credit/debit card now has RFID!

By: NS

NS — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:34:39 +0000

I much prefer the key tag version Citi offers/ed on Credit and Debit products in the US. If you have to take out your card to use the Paypass/contactless you might as well swipe it anyways! I prefer to have my keys at hand–better yet put it in cellphones like Citi did in thier ‘NYC Mobile Trial’ in 2007.

By: yoshi

yoshi — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:01:06 +0000

There are good and bad ways to implement RFID. The US government and toll booth companies usually go the ‘bad’ route.

Saying that - your liability is limited. As long as its a credit card (you say credit/debit - there is no such thing) you liability is limited. The banks have an incentive to do this right since they are on the hook for almost all fraudulent charges. My advice to you is to spend 5 seconds looking up what your liability is instead of making inaccurate snarky comments.

(disclaimer: I am a it security consultant for very large banks)

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:22:40 +0000

Now you know what to do when those mysterious black trucks with a huge dish on their roofs drive down your neighborhood… run for the tin foil!

Jon
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By: Biff

Biff — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:56:31 +0000

And how does one verify an rfid chip has been disabled? Because the 18 year old ditz on the phone said so?

By: not algore

not algore — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:36:44 +0000

just wrap the card in foil.