4 June 2011

Electronic Pickpocketing

As technology makes our lives more convenient, our personal security level may be at risk. The RFID technology that allows you to wave your credit card instead of swiping it is extremely easy to hack. As in the video below, a hacker can purchase a credit card scanning machine and easily walk next to you and retrieve your credit card information without you ever knowing. RFID works on a radio frequency making it easy to tap into those radio signals with the right equipment. It is happening so sneakily that it goes under the radar and unnoticed. But you can protect yourself. You can either employ the services of an identity theft prevention company such as LifeLock or simply don’t get a card with this technology. There are also products you can buy that help block the signal, so if your card does have RFID , it will show this symbol…