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01-19-2013, 09:05 AM
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I have been watching some videos on RFID and decided to microwave my credit cards last night. Lo and behold, every one of them had a little chip that exploded. Not sure if they will work now or not. What an interesting little experiment. Anyone else microwave your credit cards?
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01-19-2013, 09:06 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X034R3yzDhw
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01-19-2013, 09:31 AM
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01-19-2013, 11:56 AM
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Re: RFID
I have never felt a desire to microwave my credit cards. They now sell little jackets that block the RFID signal of your credit cards when you slide them into it.
My new passport I got last year also as an RFID chip and they make passport cases that block it. In the case of passports there is a fear that terrorists in a foreign country could have a reader out on the street that could read you passport RFID and know which people are Americans to kill or kidnap them.
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01-19-2013, 12:56 PM
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Re: RFID
None of my cards have a chip.
The sleeves that CC1 mentioned are a necessary precaution, IMO. I watched a segment that showed a person carrying a backpack. Inside was an RFID reader connected to a laptop. Everyone that he walked by who possessed an RFID card had their info downloaded onto the laptop.
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01-19-2013, 01:01 PM
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Re: RFID
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I have never felt a desire to microwave my credit cards. They now sell little jackets that block the RFID signal of your credit cards when you slide them into it.
My new passport I got last year also as an RFID chip and they make passport cases that block it. In the case of passports there is a fear that terrorists in a foreign country could have a reader out on the street that could read you passport RFID and know which people are Americans to kill or kidnap them.
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Yes, they had some RFID cases in the airport my husband and I were in a couple of weeks ago. A person could use one of those, but personally, it's not thieves I am concerned with. It's the big people. 
I have a passport but I will not be microwaving it.
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01-19-2013, 01:03 PM
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Re: RFID
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None of my cards have a chip.
The sleeves that CC1 mentioned are a necessary precaution, IMO. I watched a segment that showed a person carrying a backpack. Inside was an RFID reader connected to a laptop. Everyone that he walked by who possessed an RFID card had their info downloaded onto the laptop.
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I thought the cards with chips were supposed to have a little sign on them that they had chips. I microwaved a bunch of them and lo and behold more of them had chips than I had thought.
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01-19-2013, 01:06 PM
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Re: RFID
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I thought the cards with chips were supposed to have a little sign on them that they had chips. I microwaved a bunch of them and lo and behold more of them had chips than I had thought.
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A bunch of them? I bet your husband is thrilled! Every married man's dream.
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01-19-2013, 01:11 PM
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A bunch of them? I bet your husband is thrilled! Every married man's dream.
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LOL! I'm so cheap my husband has to try and make me spend money!  I'm not as cheap as I used to be. He has worn me down!
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01-19-2013, 01:19 PM
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My husband told me I should have just done one as a test to see if they still worked afterwards. But I was having too much fun watching them explode.  Now, they might have to type in the numbers at checkout. After they scan all my coupons and do ad match. Randy Wayne should just love me even more now. 
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