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How to Hack RFID-enabled Credit Cards for $8 (BBtv)

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A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with embedded RFIDs (radio frequency ID tags), with promises of enhanced security and speedy transactions.

But on today's episode of Boing Boing tv, hacker and inventor Pablos Holman shows Xeni how you can use about $8 worth of gear bought on eBay to read personal data from those credit cards -- cardholder name, credit card number, and whatever else your bank embeds in this manner.

Fears over data leaks from RFID-enabled cards aren't new, and some argue they're overblown -- but this demo shows just how cheap and easy the "sniffing" can be.

This episode is part of our ongoing series of interviews with some of the thinkers, hackers, and tinkerers at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference this year.

For more episodes of Boing Boing tv, visit tv.boingboing.net.

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  • ok, ill change it ...

    ok, ill change it to "he is"... -.- happy? he wouldnt be interviewed if he was doing it illegally genius. and for the people that are smart enough to do this are also smart enough not to walk behind people with a laptop and tap their ass with a scanner.

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  • "probably"... what ...

    "probably"... what if he isnt??? im sure ther r many ppl out ther who rnt!!!

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  • wouldn't it look ...

    wouldn't it look weird where some guy with a blue thing connected to a laptop just goes up to ur rear and walks away casually?

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  • yeah, listen to how ...

    yeah, listen to how many times they namedrop, "AMERICAN EXPRESS, AMERICAN EXPRESS"

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  • go search for RFID ...

    go search for RFID scanners not double decker cheeseburgers and you'll find it...lol...

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  • lol i just looked ...

    lol i just looked and their not on ebay

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  • no hes probably ...

    no hes probably getting paid by companies to figure out how to hack things so they can build more ways to protect against those hacks.

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  • lol epic

    lol epic

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  • cool but cant u go ...

    cool but cant u go to jail for that

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  • lol, go see this ...

    lol, go see this dude! he want's you to go F**k yourself!

    /watch?v=Q14BlVnkUjc

    not in my folder, i just found it

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  • this is just stupid

    this is just stupid

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  • LOL

    LOL

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  • Oh sweet. I'll just ...

    Oh sweet. I'll just go invest eight bucks into a scanner from eBay, and start scanning people's asses for cash.
    Now there's an easy occupation that pays good too :D

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  • That lady is scary.

    That lady is scary.

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  • Stop watching fox ...

    Stop watching fox news, hackers arent bad, the ones who are out to steal information are. Im a hacker, Ive hacked flyswatters into cheep fuel cells, and ive pulled useful files out of programs, nothing illegal has been done, but there is illegal hackers out there. He is doing research, something must be broken before it can be fixed.

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