Comments on: Cutting Up Credit Cards Just Got a Bit More Difficult http://www.thatonecaveman.com/2008/05/cutting-up-credit-cards-just-got-a-bit-more-difficult.html The journey of one young family out of debt and into building wealth Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:24:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.thatonecaveman.com/2008/05/cutting-up-credit-cards-just-got-a-bit-more-difficult.html/comment-page-1#comment-360 Brian Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:32:11 +0000 http://www.thatonecaveman.com/?p=163#comment-360 I thought the same things you did. I also have concerns about my new passport which is chipped. Supposedly these chips and the readers go through a complicated "handshake" and only submit encrypted data back and forth, but I still can't believe that it would be impossible to impersonate a valid point of sale system. I read about one researcher who was able to clone a passport in just a couple weeks after they were released.... Doesn't seem like it would be hard to do the same to these chipped cards. I thought the same things you did. I also have concerns about my new passport which is chipped. Supposedly these chips and the readers go through a complicated “handshake” and only submit encrypted data back and forth, but I still can’t believe that it would be impossible to impersonate a valid point of sale system.

I read about one researcher who was able to clone a passport in just a couple weeks after they were released…. Doesn’t seem like it would be hard to do the same to these chipped cards.

]]> By: JB http://www.thatonecaveman.com/2008/05/cutting-up-credit-cards-just-got-a-bit-more-difficult.html/comment-page-1#comment-228 JB Thu, 15 May 2008 17:37:56 +0000 http://www.thatonecaveman.com/?p=163#comment-228 I haven't heard of these yet... so thanks for letting me know about them! You make some good points about people being able to steal info or money easily - but I have to think that banks would have thought about this ahead of time... there has to be some security in place to stop that from happening - doesn't there? I haven’t heard of these yet… so thanks for letting me know about them! You make some good points about people being able to steal info or money easily – but I have to think that banks would have thought about this ahead of time… there has to be some security in place to stop that from happening – doesn’t there?

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