CC-Interact

[bekair]

I hope this is the forum for this

Just received from a friend. If this is true - I DON'T WANT one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLAFhTjsQHw

bbt

[kcowan]

I don't think this is the right forum for this. Try a US forum where the CCindustry is more loose.

[bekair]

kcowan - I am not sure of that - I checked my CIBC online account today and it show a new Aeroplan crd - WITH the new attachment (quick pass) on the card.

bbt

[newguy]

Mine has it as well. From what I've read there is no real security for them in Canada.

newguy

[bekair]

Along with my tinfoil hat I shall now wrap my CC's & I act cards.

bbt

[kcowan]

kcowan - I am not sure of that - I checked my CIBC online account today and it show a new Aeroplan crd - WITH the new attachment (quick pass) on the card.

bbt

Has anyone got one of these cards in Canada?

[newguy]

Has anyone got one of these cards in Canada?

If you mean with RFID then yes, all of ours have them. (CIBC and TD)

newguy

[gsp_]

kcowan - I am not sure of that - I checked my CIBC online account today and it show a new Aeroplan crd - WITH the new attachment (quick pass) on the card.

bbt

Has anyone got one of these cards in Canada?

Most CCs do, I use Paypass/Paywave at the grocery store and gas station(at the pump) all the time. My 2 main reward CCs have rfid. It's been around for at least 2 or 3 years. It will only work up to a certain cash limit. Also, anything above $50 at Lowlaws still requires a signature which kind of defeats the convenience angle.

Not nearly as prevalent for debit cards so far.

[Benchwarmer]

Security is an issue, but the CC companies will reimburse unauthorized charges. What bugs me is that they can now follow me around the store, and track my shopping pattern. Or know that I have participated in a rally against OAS changes.

I also wonder if there are health risks with carrying RF emitting transmitters right against your body?

I guess I will be buying some protective sleeves from http://www.idstronghold.com/.

[westinvest]

The RFID chips do not emit RF energy, they are "read" by an RFID reader.

[leoc2]

You can buy an RFID blocking wallet.

http://www.flipsidewallet.com/store_fli ... allet.html

[Pickles]

I watched the video. Remind me not to take my wallet out and place it on a black electronic device held by a stranger.

[Jaunty]

The Nexus card (to cross into the US without using your passport each time) comes in a lined sleeve, so that data can't be stolen.

[Bylo Selhi]

How to foil electronic pickpockets

If you have two cards with RFID chips in your wallet, the scanner can't read them because they confuse the information and cancel each other out...

If you're still worried about getting ripped off by someone invading your space with a notepad-like scanner, here's a tried-and-true precautionary move: Put a piece of aluminum foil in your wallet.

[flywaysuzy]

Bylo- I don't think putting the foil in your wallet sends the same message as wearing it as a hat does.

[Shakespeare]

Isn't there something in a foil wrapper that fits in a wallet?......

[Bylo Selhi]

Bylo- I don't think putting the foil in your wallet sends the same message as wearing it as a hat does.

The purpose of the foil, in both cases, is to not send the message.

[Bylo Selhi]

Isn't there something in a foil wrapper that fits in a wallet?......

Make that, in all three cases...

[Benchwarmer]

Has anyone tried using the RFID blocking wallets from the 2 links upthread? The flipside one is so 'cool' looking that I may get it regardless.

[Edit] I have confirmed that the tin foil trick works. I normally leave the office proximity card in my wallet, and just wave the wallet in front of the sensor, and it lets me into the building. When I line the inside the wallet with tin foil and leave the wallet closed, it no longer lets me into the building.