Well, Bill, not everybody is as smart as you are and sometimes when somebody tries to do you a favor, the courteous thing to do is just to say thank you. It's not necessary to be snarky just because you know everything.
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 12:03:11 -0800 > Subject: RE: [Texascavers] RFID chips > > Here you are, Bill: > > http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-blockkill-RFID-chips/step4/How-to-kill-your-RFID-chip/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mixon Bill [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 1:32 PM > To: Cavers Texas > Subject: [Texascavers] RFID chips > > No new news there. To really abuse the card as shown, somebody needs both the > reader and the cloner. Sure it could happen. But why does everybody worry > about things like sending their credit card numbers over the Internet or > electronic cloning, when they're prefectly willing to give their credit card > to a waiter who disappears with it temporarily and does God knows what while > he's got it? Some waiters have been found to have credit-card readers, the > simple kind that read the magnetic stripe, of their own. Some people have > hacked merchants' > computers and intercepted the data from ordinary magnetic-stripe credit-card > readers. There are plenty of ways to get credit card numbers. But if you're > really worried about it, you could take the suggestion to wrap your card in > aluminum foil--not a hassle if you're like me and hardly ever use it except > for mail orders or very rare large purchases like a set of tires. > > Anyway, if you check your statement every month (you _do_, don't you?), you > can get fraudulent charges removed easily. > > The good news it that the technology is very short range. > > I have a weird friend who has injected an RFID chip into his hand. It unlocks > his smart phone; some Android phones have RFID chip readers in them. They're > everywhere.... > > What I'd be interested to hear is how one can kill an RFID chip. Would a few > seconds in a microwave do it, for example? At some point Texas drivers > licenses will have RFID chips in them--maybe some already do. > If somebody wants to see my drivers license, I might not be in the mood to be > very helpful, and it would be nice if he couldn't just read the info > automatically. I've tried to demagnetize the stripe, but I have no way to > know whether that's been successful. -- Mixon > ---------------------------------------- > True friends stab you in the front. > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, > save: > Personal: [email protected] > AMCS: [email protected] or [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are > confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the > contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the > information in any medium. Thank you. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
