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Enjoy the stay]]>Sep 2nd 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/
*calls American Express*]]>Sep 2nd 2008 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/
Keep it to yourself next time and just move on to the next story.]]>Sep 2nd 2008 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/
I was a victim of a hacked RFID card.]]>Sep 2nd 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Ha-ha!]]>Sep 2nd 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/
RFID typically doesn't travel that far - usually a few inches only. However if someone was to brush up against your with a RFID reader, then they would get your card info.]]>Sep 2nd 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/
If my bank ever "switched" me over to an unsecured RFID card despite my insistence, I'll simply stop dealing with them. ]]>Sep 2nd 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 3rd 2008 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 4th 2008 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/
I'm also glad I build my ostrich house. It keeps other bad things from happening.]]>Sep 2nd 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/
MB tracks and try to prove myths, if a myth exist then some one must has been thought, lived or even tried to do it. For example the diet-cola and mentos.

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I think Anthony's sarcasm was lost on you.]]>Sep 2nd 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 3rd 2008 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/I'll give you the punch line: having an RFID credit card is only slightly safer than pinning a poster board to your chest with your all the cards info on it. The only reason it's slightly safer is because you need a sniffer to pull the RFID info.

Bottom line: Myth confirmed, RFID credit cards are the worst idea ever.]]>Sep 2nd 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 3rd 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/The fact that the companies lawyered up to stop even a preliminary investigation proves the point even more. They kill off the idea before it even starts because they know they will end up ass flapping in the breeze. If they try to stop it before it's released then there is more of a chance of the footage being "leaked". Nothing exists, nothing to leak.]]>Sep 2nd 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/
Smart chips are a modern form of contact transaction. Your other cards a use a magnetic strip. Smart chips are relatively secure and are primarily used for satellite decryption in DTV and DISH receivers.

They require direct contact with a reader in order for them to be powered up and functional.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/]]>Sep 3rd 2008 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/Sep 2nd 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/02/mythbusters-rfid-hacking-episode-canned-by-credit-card-company-l/

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But he already blew the top off the fact that those tooth whiteners don't do jack.

It would be GREAT to have banned MythBusters episodes released. Better yet to protect the Mythbusters franchise, they send some unknown private party the episodes and they re-create the episodes without any reference to MythBusters and then spew it all over the internet. Once its out the Mythbusters show is good to be shown because the lawyers don't have a leg to stand on the damage has already been done.]]>Sep 2nd 2008 12:50PM