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US Passports have RFID as well. Although the information is encrypted (ish),
my understanding is that they can tell what country you are from. As in (If you get a response, and they look American, they probably are!)
We use RFID Passport cases to block this. Avoiding being scanned. Anyone can build a domed signal amplifier and increase the range (in fact, the "repeater" version of this is being used to unlock high end cars by pinging against the keys in the house, boosting the signal and tricking the car to unlock the door here in the states).
So, my keys go inside a metal cup when in the house.
I use these for my credit cards: Amazon RFID Pouches[^] (12 for about 10USD)
What I did was to CUT one long edge open, and a small flap on the corner. This lets me slip the card in and out naturally. But it appears to work quite well. I put 2 cards in one pouch. The two I use all the time.
HTH
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China has been doing it for ages for card swiping devices.
In India, ATMs have been discovered to have an extra card reader attached to them by criminals (usually, IT folks who think they are smarter than the rest of the world). These are so thin and are attached to the slot where you put in your ATM card so users don't notice something is amiss. These devices can be had for a few tens of dollars from China.
As to the need to input PIN codes, the thieves usually attach a tiny camera so that the users' PIN codes can be captured too!
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Just send me your pin, and you will find out!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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The ball point or the felt tip.
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Whichever you have at hand.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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My first such card, many years ago, was from AMEX. It came with a chip.
In order to improve security I undertook a simple procedure:
Carefully placed a screwdriver over the center of the chip, taking care that it didn't overlap into the card, itself
Even more carefully, but extremely firmly, appling a hammer to the other end of the screw driver
This significantly enhanced the security with respect to remote scanning.
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If you're talking about the mag stripe, then no. But the chip on the card (for those advanced nations that actually use chips in their credit cards. ahem)? Absolutely.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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If you're concerned, RFID can easily be shielded by a layer of aluminum foil. I'm sure there are still readers that can read through that, but most can't, and all you need, is to be harder to access than the guy next to you.
You can either wrap your card in some aluminum foil, or make your own duct tape wallet and put a layer of it between the layers of duct tape. If you go the wallet route, just be sure to leave an unshielded pocket on the outside someplace for your RFID key card for work, as it's really inconvenient to have to take the card out of your wallet every time you want to get in the door 
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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Aw, cr@p! Your credit limit isn't anywhere near enough to buy that yacht I've been looking at.
Could you ask your richer friends to stand within thirty feet or your PC?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I've got an old Vintage pair of X-Ray Specs, if you've got the cash.
And do you need any bridges?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I have an interview tomorrow [posts passim] and Mrs Wife has just called. It looks very likely she'll be out of a job by the summer.
No pressure on me then.
veni bibi saltavi
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Good luck tomorrow.
This space for rent
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Thanks.
In other news, there's a restrictive covenant on the house that may mean it falls through, embugeraments aplenty this week.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: restrictive covenant
Nagy Vilmos wrote: may mean it falls through
No alcohol to be consumed on the premises?
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Not that bad! 
veni bibi saltavi
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He would of checked out the basic's before making an offer
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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There are districts in Liverpool where the land for housing was purchased from Quaker families who added covenants on the land that the sale of alcohol was prohibited - that means that there are areas with no pubs at all!
In other areas, from Victorian times there was literally a pub on every street corner (though many have now closed). I have lived in both types of area, and I know which I prefer!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Yes the garden cities were the same, at least Letchworth near where I live was.
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Same with Bourneville in Birmingham, I think they finally got their first off licence a year or so ago. They can't have chip shops either, which is nice as it keeps the air smelling of chocolate.
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Oh no. Would you like me to find some other suitable properties for you? Send me your requirements to the usual email address and I'll have a look round for you.
This space for rent
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Thanks, I think we may have to rethink hows and whats if the house does fall through with Mrs Wife now probably also having to find new work.
Pachyderms of all descriptions!
veni bibi saltavi
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Break a leg. (or whatever is the best suitable wish for luck in your case).
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Try having a stay at home wife. Boo hoo to you. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Don't really care which one of stays at home but there's all this stuff the kids want, like food, so at least one of needs to be working.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: all this stuff the kids want, like food
Mine eat every day.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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