All the pictures I've seen on the internet are different and they are all different to my card. I have disabled mine and tested that paywave is disabled. I used a very bright LED torch to see the card wiring. I will write it up after some more testing. I used a very small drill bit. A 1/16th I think. The hole is almost invisible unless you hold the card up to the light.
On 2014/Aug/17, at 8:20 AM, Roger Clarke wrote: > Australian banks continue to refuse to provide basic consumer > protections in relation to NFC-based payment. They have a choice of > ways of doing so, but falsely declare to all and sundry that Visa and > MasterCard dictate that they have to do what they do. Some > countries' banks, on the other hand, have implemented sensible > schemes. > > There are guides available on how to drill through the card in order > to break the coil and prevent the undesired wireless mechanism > working. > > The trick is to do so without harming the (highly desirable) > contact-based functionality - which still requires, as it should, > that the card-holder demonstrate that they know the PIN associated > with the card. > > It's also important to avoid damaging the mag stripe and the hologram. > > And it's best if the hole is unnoticeable, so that merchants don't > perceive a need to steal a card because it's been tampered with > and/or its wireless capability isn't functioning. > > So the hole needs to be small, and precisely targeted at a point > where the coil can be cut without any other aspect of the card being > damaged. > > > Has anyone seen any reliable information about the precise location > of the induction coil on the cards being imposed on Australian > card-holders? > > And is there is a single card-layout in use, or more than one? > > The location can be found using an x-ray machine, or perhaps with > very strong light. But the job has doubtless already been done by > someone. > > > Needless to say, this posting is not a suggestion that people remove > unwanted functionality from the cards they have issued to them, but > rather part of my ongoing research into the matter: > http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/CPS-12.html > > > -- > Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/ > > Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA > Tel: +61 2 6288 6916 http://about.me/roger.clarke > mailto:[email protected] http://www.xamax.com.au/ > > Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. > Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University > _______________________________________________ > 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
