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Subscribe to commentsChuckAug 1st 2007 11:21PM
RFID may be convenient, however after designing systems for industrial use, I would not have a credit card with one embedded, extremely risky. You can have your card scanned just by walking somewhere near a scanner (portable or a doorway portal) and never know your card(s) have been swiped. Readers interrogate and read all cards in the magnetic field so equipped with RFID chips and read them almost simultaneously. Someone can have your personal information and access to your credit in a fraction of a second. In this case, security is more important over convenience - stay with a physical, owner-operated card swipe instead of handing it over to someone to scan, forge, double scan, etc. Air to the side of caution. -- Chuck
Tripps2568Aug 6th 2007 11:35AM
RFID isn't a secure way to store data? I could have told you that! RFID is a passive technology driven by the reader, not the tag. So as stronger readers with greater range are developed, a thief can drive past your house at night and read the data off your passport, your card, etc. without you even knowing. Real secure. (Wish I could have afforded to get my passport a year ago, now it's too late.)