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Old 12-09-2010, 12:02 PM   #1
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Exclamation New way to steal Credit Card Info (Electronic Pickpocket)

http://www.wreg.com/videobeta/?watch...a-1884ec348310

My Coworker e-mailed me this link this morning. With every electronic device being upgraded every year. There's now a new way to steal CC info. Please share with everyone!
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Old 12-09-2010, 01:13 PM   #2
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http://www.wreg.com/videobeta/?watch...a-1884ec348310

My Coworker e-mailed me this link this morning. With every electronic device being upgraded every year. There's now a new way to steal CC info. Please share with everyone!
Glad I don't have any cards with an RFID chip on board.

Bill
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Old 12-09-2010, 01:18 PM   #3
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Glad I don't have any cards with an RFID chip on board.

Bill
Yeah, that's the issue with RFID. ITS ALWAYS ON.

If they really want people to be able to make purchases quickly then biometric would be the way.
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Old 12-09-2010, 01:36 PM   #4
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Scary stuff. I hope there's a way to shield important cards.

So, with this kind of thing starting up, do people still want microchip implants?
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Old 12-09-2010, 05:11 PM   #5
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Glad I don't have any cards with an RFID chip on board.

Bill
Yep we don't have any of those kinds of cards
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Old 12-09-2010, 05:38 PM   #6
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Another thing I just thought about ... mail ... couldn't a potential theft steal your credit card # and info even without opening your mail? It would be especially easy if it were a postal worker.
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Another thing I just thought about ... mail ... couldn't a potential theft steal your credit card # and info even without opening your mail? It would be especially easy if it were a postal worker.
It's not just postal workers: anyone with access to a credit card reader and netbook can do this. Heck, you don't even need to open someone's mailbox anymore: just walk casually by with the reader in a shoulder bag or backpack, stand nearby the mailbox and presto! Amazon shopping spree, here I come!
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It's not just postal workers: anyone with access to a credit card reader and netbook can do this. Heck, you don't even need to open someone's mailbox anymore: just walk casually by with the reader in a shoulder bag or backpack, stand nearby the mailbox and presto! Amazon shopping spree, here I come!
Hopefully you're not giving anyone ideas on this site.
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Old 12-09-2010, 05:52 PM   #9
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And the conspiracy theorist come running...

Seriously though, tin foil folded over your cards work wonders if your worried about this nonsense.
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Old 12-09-2010, 01:51 PM   #10
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Don't they make a wallet that blocks the signal?
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Old 12-09-2010, 02:12 PM   #11
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Don't they make a wallet that blocks the signal?
I'm sure some company is on it. Hopefully it's not expensive.
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Old 12-09-2010, 02:19 PM   #12
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I'm sure some company is on it. Hopefully it's not expensive.
I new I had read something a few months ago about them. Found one on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Travelon-RFID-Blocking-Tri-Fold-Wallet/dp/B001CZT2DI

I wonder if they make a hat to block the chip the aliens put in my brain?
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Old 12-09-2010, 02:35 PM   #13
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I new I had read something a few months ago about them. Found one on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Travelon-RFID-Blocking-Tri-Fold-Wallet/dp/B001CZT2DI

I wonder if they make a hat to block the chip the aliens put in my brain?
That looks sweet! Not too stylish. I might get one, "IF" there's going to be an increase of crime stealing CC #'s.

As for the Aliens. You're not going to wear that hat when you are sleeping when they abduct you.
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I new I had read something a few months ago about them. Found one on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Travelon-RFID-Blocking-Tri-Fold-Wallet/dp/B001CZT2DI

I wonder if they make a hat to block the chip the aliens put in my brain?


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As for the Aliens. You're not going to wear that hat when you are sleeping when they abduct you.
WHY NOT?!
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Old 12-09-2010, 07:59 PM   #15
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I new I had read something a few months ago about them. Found one on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Travelon-RFID-Blocking-Tri-Fold-Wallet/dp/B001CZT2DI

I wonder if they make a hat to block the chip the aliens put in my brain?
Wear a tin foil hat.
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