MrBillM
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NOT to WORRY ?
IF there's really nothing to worry about and ONLY Paranoids buy Aluma-Wallets, WHY does the U.S. Government supply each RFID-Sentri card with a
protective Foil-Lined "Glove" ?
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baronvonbob
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MrBillM
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NO Danger ?
I keep reading reassurances that the ATM and Credit Cards incorporating RFID-Technology are not in danger of being compromised while being carried.
The Government "apparently" believes differently since they're supplying foil-protection envelopes and instructions to carry the Sentri card enclosed
to prevent data theft.
Time to buy an Aluima-Wallet at Walmart. $9.95.
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durrelllrobert
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The Swiss company HWB Kunststoffwerke has developed and tested a foil which blocks unauthorized signals from accessing your information without your
knowledge. This protective foil envelope is the ONLY FIPS- 201 approved by the US Government and is what Homeland Security pays them a a small fortune
for. Here's what their web siite says:
Over 100 million new credit cards, passports and other forms of identity, contain tiny two-way radios called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
chips. On the one hand the chip allows a fast and convenient payment/identification. On the other hand it carries the risk of being a victim of
electronic pick-pockets, payment fraud and identity theft! Electronic pick-pockets – very small card readers, available on e-bay for as little as $10
– can read the personal information within seconds. How? The RFID chips are activated and powered by the signal from the remote antenna on the reader
and so cannot be turned off. Once activated the RFID chip wirelessly transmits the information it contains.
Bob Durrell
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baronvonbob
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
The Swiss company HWB Kunststoffwerke has developed and tested a foil which blocks unauthorized signals from accessing your information without your
knowledge. This protective foil envelope is the ONLY FIPS- 201 approved by the US Government and is what Homeland Security pays them a a small fortune
for. Here's what their web siite says:
Over 100 million new credit cards, passports and other forms of identity, contain tiny two-way radios called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
chips. On the one hand the chip allows a fast and convenient payment/identification. On the other hand it carries the risk of being a victim of
electronic pick-pockets, payment fraud and identity theft! Electronic pick-pockets – very small card readers, available on e-bay for as little as $10
– can read the personal information within seconds. How? The RFID chips are activated and powered by the signal from the remote antenna on the reader
and so cannot be turned off. Once activated the RFID chip wirelessly transmits the information it contains. |
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Woooosh
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Here's the Video that shows how someone just walking past you can "grab" your RFID chip (credit card) data to create a clone of you card (including
security code and expiration date) and rip you off.
"Electronic Pick-pocketing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUz6oe6AlFs
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Bajatripper
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Real good-to-know info, Bill. Thanks.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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