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

Saturday

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.

Duration : 0:3:23


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  1. GMSamuelRhine
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #1

    DUDE! are you in …
    DUDE! are you in stupid!!!! NOT IN PUBLIC WHERE THE GOVERNMENT CAN SEE!!!!!!

  2. PassThaRizla
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #2

    NO!!!! Do you not …
    NO!!!! Do you not understand what they are doing?

    These are force upon the people, they will eventually want to put a chip inside everyone’s body. We are loosing the little freedoms we have, and fast.

  3. LEONARDSmith4762
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #3

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  4. GMSamuelRhine
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #4

    nice im goanna …
    nice im goanna order one of these of ebay right now.

  5. ryanracca
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #5

    lmao=))
    we can …

    lmao=))
    we can clearly see hackers are flooding this lil’ video about… err… hacking

    what a coincidence:))

  6. justamar
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #6

    Yeah i just …
    Yeah i just realized that too. haha

  7. ryanracca
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #7

    lol
    why are there …

    lol
    why are there so many spammers here:))

  8. ryanracca
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #8

    I think it’s a …
    I think it’s a macbook air

  9. KPKonliner
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #9

    RFID = 666 ! search …
    RFID = 666 ! search verichip 666 in you tube !

  10. exia41gundam
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #10

    cool
    cool

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    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #11

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  12. Toxiferin
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #12

    he obviously wants …
    he obviously wants some

  13. justamar
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #13

    wait wait, April …
    wait wait, April 8th? the unibody MB were not out untill later in 2008

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    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #14

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  15. ptisreti
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #15

    Tight asian teens …
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  16. djkrugger
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #16

    is that BOY GEORGE?
    is that BOY GEORGE?

  17. jejeroy
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #17

    whahaha all hackers …
    whahaha all hackers of the world will be on it now and its will be more easy to fraud for them

  18. faiselnator
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #18

    lol
    lol

  19. therhythmicmenace
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #19

    thats still cheap!!
    thats still cheap!!

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    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #20

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    ex zionist telling the truth:
    /watch?v=MHbi97GMCf0&feature=channel_page

  21. wesellsex
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #21

    Look it’s JP from …
    Look it’s JP from grandma’s boy!

  22. ultrafrenteatletico
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #22

    h ttp:// …
    h ttp://xarly.elbruto. es

  23. Pada007gangster
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #23

    rfid readers are …
    rfid readers are not $8 there way more expensive like $50 is the cheapest …

  24. fkuwait
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #24

    hahahaha that might …
    hahahaha that might be the reason ( for me I will never steal anyone card number )
    Thanks for replying.

  25. nevbone1674
    June 27th, 2009 at 19:18 | #25

    well I am pretty …
    well I am pretty sure he was just giving an example. Because if he gave out the right number people like you who actually look to see for the full number might take it and go shopping as he says haha

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