I just talked to my building society and the paywave card has a limit of $100 per transaction and $200 per day. They can't or won't change that limit. It's not possible to get a visa card without paywave or a mastercard without paypass. I think it's going to have to be the small hole option.
On 2013/Sep/12, at 10:38 PM, Kim Holburn wrote: > I just got a new visa card and it's one of those NFC paywave cards. > > I had a quick look online and apparently you can ask your bank to reduce the > paywave limit to $1. > > I also got a powerful torch and had a look at what was inside it. I can see > coils and what looks to me like a capacitor. It's quite complex in there, > not like the simple coils I've seen in xrays of RFID cards online. > https://imageshack.us/a/img89/4470/cardswb.jpg > > I'll try and get the bank to give me one without the paywave first, and if > not limit it second but I still resent carrying around a card that will > respond to a radio signal without me being aware of it. > > I'm pretty sure a very small hole drilled through the card at a particular > spot would take out the paywave leaving the chip and mag stripe unscathed but > would it still be valid? Perhaps not noticeably invalid. > > -- > Kim Holburn > IT Network & Security Consultant > T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 > mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn > skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
