With the popularization of the smart devices and NFC Near Field Communication, people prefer to use RFID cards to pay in many fields nowadays. The contactless cards in the market are products of RFID technology. There are many advantages to utilize the RFID cards. However, theft with scanners are also fixing their eyes on these smart cards. To understand how the RFID Blocking Card protects your bank cards from scanners, firstly you need to know something about the scanners.
APPLICATIONS:
- Protect credit cards, payment cards.
- Protect personal information.
- Prevent ID cards, drivers’ licences and other RFID smart cards from being illegally scanned.
- Great gift for promotion or advertisement with logo, url and information printing.
There are several cases of the card theft with scanners, among them the most famous case is that the transportation cards of Chile were attacked by scanners. The theft put their NFC mobile phone nearby the RFID card to falsify the account balance in the card. It is not a difficult process for hackers to gain unauthorized access to data. The scanners can read information of the card numbers, see the account balance in the cards, recharge the cards and even change card numbers. This will result in financial losses for society and will adversely affect people’s lives. As a result, we need to do something to control the risk of using RFID cards.
Popular Science:
1. RFID, Radio Frequency Identification, is a technology of communication. It can identify specific target and read/write relative data by sending/receiving radio signals. There is no need to build a optical/physical contact relationship between the identification system and target.
2. NFC, Near Field Communication, is an adaptation of the contactless RFID technology.
3. MIFARE Card, is the most popular contactless smart card in the world with highest capacity and strongest technical support. It is divided into several categories depending on the chips, including Mifare UltraLight(MF0), Mifare S50和S70(MF1), Mifare Pro(MF2), and Mifare Desfire(MF3).
RFID Blocking Card, size of a credit card, is designed to protect personal information stored on credit cards, debit cards, smart cards, RFID driver’s licenses and any other RFID cards from e-pickpocket thieves using handheld RFID scanners. The Scanner Guard Card is half as thick as a standard credit card so it will not increase the size of your wallet. It is very flexible and durable. RFID blocking card is easy to use and carry around. We just insert such card in the wallet together with our credit card.
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