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  Freaky!!!... imagin the next time a guy bumps into you, you would lease a couple of thousands ....
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  Actually, usually when a guy bumps into you, the money flows in the opposite direction, unless... maybe if you're a republican senator or sth.
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  First, real hackers don't use a MB Air...thats just sad.
  Second, he looks like a tool, therefore...he is
  
  
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  Actually he's a "futurist," lol.
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  Don't be sad because A: you can't afford one, and B: that guy is probably way smarter than you.
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  In the future we will say "get up to your ass" until it becomes awkward....We will be skinny and dress in tight black clothing while doing this. In the future we will call ourselves hackers while using computers with one USB port, and publicly do so with no visible shame.
  
  The future is strange.
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  REAL programmers use butterflies.
  
  http://xkcd.com/378
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  I wonder how Amex deals with news like this... they're pretty good about refunding you fraudulent charges - stuff like this would impact their bottom line. I love the RFID Blue card for getting morning coffee at 7-11. No cash, no change, no typing in PIN's... just sweet, tasty, industrial blend coffee
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  With it being so easy to fraud people the smart thief (if they exist) would only charge $5 a month to 1000's of people.
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  so, you put the computer in a shoulder bag and run the wire tro a jackat and tro the scanner in your hand ;) and your safe :P
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  ...Then to "extract" data from a credit card, you need to somehow touch the other guy's butt! *Bleh!* X_X
  
  
  
  
  From Article:
  "waving plastic boxes at people's butt pockets"
  
  
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  Well, he said that with a big enough antenna you wouldn't need to play grab-ass to get credit card info. I don't know if that's possible/practical or if he's spreading the good ol' FUD. I'd rather play grab-ass to get credit card info but women use purses, so...that's no good.
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  Why wouldn't it be possible. There are risks of such things as interference and getting garbage data, but just seems like the RDIF version of wardriving... with more potential benefits and more possible jail-time (which makes it more fun, until you get caught).
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  Well, I wouldn't be responsible for fraudulent charges so the real losers here are the credit card companies.
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  No. Everyone pays. They write off the losses, way pay them in premiums (interest rates, business surcharges, etc). Plus AMEX frequently has an annual card fee so you potentially pay with that too.
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  "...so the real losers here are the credit card companies."
  
  Which are our major banks. We already have a problem with the damn mortgage sector completely killing our economy, (gasoline prices aren't helping) I don't think we need the major banks to stop giving out credit cards right now. Banks are the in the business to make money not lose it. $0.99 music tracks for free is one thing, this is just horrid. Great to know, so I can watch out for strange people in big coats touching people's butts, but besides that this in my eyes is horrible.
  
  
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  incorrect
  
  I dont pay premiums on credit cards. I have never paid any interest rates, so that is not a problem, and my mortgage for my house was paid off years ago. All my credit cards have no yearly fees.
  
  So yeah, its not my problem. Credit card companies will be stuck paying the bill; its not my problem
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  it's def a consumer problem because consumers have to check our f'in bills so closely!
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  Sounds like a job for the Faraday Wallet! (concept ©2008) :-D
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  old news. they have had home made devices that can clone rfid in the past. i believe the article was on engadget actually...
  
  obviously, this isn't news about the rfid technology, but that they made a video with a macbook air in it!!!
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  funny--amex just sent me a letter yesterday announcing that they were discontinuing the rfid keyfobs by the end of july 2008. they said they were doing this in order to focus their attention on the rfid cards.
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  I NEED THINGS TO BE AWESOME
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  "That's why I'm getting Verizon FiOS."
  
  Yeah right, bitch! They don't have FiOS yet in the northwest valley of L.A. THAT IS NOT AWESOME. I want to be snatching my porn (pun oh-so-intended) at FiOS speed already dammit.
  
  /article derailment
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  "Awesome pool."
  
  I want a bomb in my pool... Actually, first I need a pool.
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  yeah lol I was going to say the best part of this entire video was the michael bay FIOS commercial
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  you guys see the HD-DVD Player he had in his living room?!
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  And this is why I don't have any RFID credit cards (plus I don't have much credit yet anyway)
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  Well that explains how a "hacker & futurist" could afford that computer.
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  Why wave a box at people's butts? Hide one under a seat at the mall...
  
  Now, all ya'll gonna be checking under your seats, huh?
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  one wonders if a short microwave could fry the RFID but leave the mag stripe intact? Anybody with an AmEx card wanna try that and report back?
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  Would be a very easy test, and they're always eager to replace lost or stolen cards.
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  I've also heard that hitting it with a hammer works.
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  the microwave makes your card look burny
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  Hacked: $8
  Fixed for the life of the card: Cost of one paper hole punch
  
  Knowing that I'm secur