How To Hack A RFID Credit Card For $8

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Today’s episode of BoingBoingTV demonstrates how an $8 credit card reader bought off eBay can be used to read your credit card numbers while they’re still inside your wallet.

Nice.

Also demonstrated: A stainless steel wallet that blocks the reader. We know someone who keeps his credit cards in an Altoids tin. He now seems like a genius.

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