Passport card
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La Huerita
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Be careful that no one with one of those devices that reads those RFID chips is anywhere near when you hold the card or new passport up. You might want to take a look at this information
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/rfid.html and also this
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-blockkill-RFID-chips/
I'm not one of those people who believes that the new passports can't be forged-- or hacked. Call me a cynic.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/rfid.html and also this
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-blockkill-RFID-chips/
I'm not one of those people who believes that the new passports can't be forged-- or hacked. Call me a cynic.
Kenny
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No way!
I wasn't planning on holding it up at all, in fact, I don't trust any of you :roll:... I'm going to hand it to him at the window while waving my flag :usa: and finishing my Ham sandwich.;-)
"Next-gen US passports and credit cards will contain RFIDs"
"They can be scanned through clothes, wallets, and even cars. The distance from which they can be read is also much greater than that of a barcode. At DEFCON an RFID tag was scanned at a distance of 69 feet, and that was back in 2005, the possible reading distance now is probably much greater than that".
La Huerita is on the stick!
Kenny
I wasn't planning on holding it up at all, in fact, I don't trust any of you :roll:... I'm going to hand it to him at the window while waving my flag :usa: and finishing my Ham sandwich.;-)
"Next-gen US passports and credit cards will contain RFIDs"
"They can be scanned through clothes, wallets, and even cars. The distance from which they can be read is also much greater than that of a barcode. At DEFCON an RFID tag was scanned at a distance of 69 feet, and that was back in 2005, the possible reading distance now is probably much greater than that".
La Huerita is on the stick!
Kenny
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There better be cheese on that ham!
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cactusamigo
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New scanners have been installed at the Lukeville entry point with instructions of how to present your Passport Card for reading. My Passport is imprinted with a RFID symbol, but the inspector told me that it has to be manually scanned, which he did. Bar codes have to be optically scanned, which is a totally different technology. If you want to keep your RFID card secure from unauthorized access, you have to keep it radio frequency shielded, such as by wrapping it in aluminum foil.
J
Jamie75
Guest
The little holder sleeve they give you with the card looks like aluminum foil on the inside of it...they say to ALWAYS keep it covered in that sleeve..
J
Jamie75
Guest
Now that I look at the little sleeve, it has a picture of a sound wave looking thing, with a lock symbol, so I am thinking that means it's safe from scanning when in this sleeve..I hope.
Kenny
Guest
That's exactly what it is Jamie. He made a point of telling me about how to keep it "safe" when I got it last month. I guess I could have expounded on it a little more, but I knew Cactus was getting a early out..:lol: just kidding.
It's all right here Don. I think it was $10 for the photo...http://passport.arizona.edu/pageview.aspx?id=19853
Kenny
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