# Credit cards with "Blink" RFID technology **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 2, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094 "2005-11-02T06:33:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/21 "2005-11-02T08:09:52Z")
> [@RedGoober4Life](#): > > Well this is why they offer fraud protection. You hit the nail on the head. They sell fraud protection. This technology makes it more necessary. More money for the cc companies. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/22 "2005-11-02T08:12:52Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > You hit the nail on the head. > They sell fraud protection. > This technology makes it more necessary. > More money for the cc companies. Thats very true. There is no use fighting RFID though. Wal-Mart has adapted it, meaning everyone is going to be using soon. ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/23 "2005-11-02T08:13:12Z")
> [@Jack](#): > > I FUCKING HATE LITTER BUGS > > I think if you knew that 5 years from now you would be held responsible for things you do now… then you would act more responsibly. Religion used to keep people in check… more and more people are losing their religion… (insert lyrics here)… people need to be held responsible for their actions. > > Of course, if I disposed of the wrapper in a garbage can, then some bum was rummaging through it and the wrapper flew back out of the can… then I would be pissed, and probably kick the next bum I saw. > > I don’t get it? the biggest issu that i have is… lets say someone wants to set you up for murder… they take something that you baught from your house, lets say a bag of chips… they now go and kill someone and leave your bag of chips at the crime scean. you are now the primary suspect. that sucks… the technology has good intentions, but it can be used for evil… btu then again so can everything else… ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/24 "2005-11-02T08:17:48Z")
I don’t eat chips. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/25 "2005-11-02T08:25:44Z")
printing this for consumer law… very interesting ---
**Author:** ![Xman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Xman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/26 "2005-11-02T08:30:13Z")
I’m going out and buying a portable RFID receiver and sitting outside the drive through to collect CC numbers. I’ll post picutures of my exotic car collection soon 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/27 "2005-11-02T08:48:56Z")
> **[Radio-frequency identification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rfid)** > > Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. The tags contain electronically-stored information. Passive tags collect energy from a nearby RFID reader's interrogating radio waves. Active tags have a local power source (such as a battery) and may operate hundreds of meters from the RFID reader. Unlike a barcode, the tag need not be within the line of sight of the reader, so it may be embedded in the tracked object. ... a very good read ^^ ---
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/28 "2005-11-02T08:55:41Z")
My buddy works for Tyco’s Sensormatic division. Naturally, he knows a thing or 2 about RFID. He had an interview with Avery, maker of labels, as they are looking to get into RFID on items before they make it to a store. They’d have unique serial numbers, and when the items enter the receiving area, or pass through the checkout, it would know how many are entering or leaving. Eventually, we wouldn’t need cashiers. You’d push your cart through an aisle on your way out, it would tally up your items, charge it to your credit card, and you’d be all set. Perhaps they’d add in that photo into the account, but rather than rely on a human to look at you, they’d use facial recognition software to verify your identity. I’m not opposed to this. As long as our personal info is well-encrypted, I see no more flaw than we have now with physical cards which RARELY get checked. I’ve gone to Target, many times spending over $100, and never had my ID nor my card checked. It’s up to me, the cardholder, to check my statement and report my card missing the moment I lose it. Otherwise, I have to pay for anything purchased while my card is off on an adventure with some lucky finder. ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/29 "2005-11-06T09:21:38Z")
Keybank just “upgraded” my debit card to this. While the novelty is nice, if it’s only a mastercard-wide thing then how good is it going to be? I know from being a cashier that most people use mastercards, and most debit cards are mastercards, but…it just doesn’t seem like it will be very widespread. ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/30 "2005-11-06T09:38:47Z")
my cc is maxed so it dont matter lol…damn setting a low ass limit. ---
**Author:** ![Jeller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/31 "2005-11-06T11:04:53Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > Thats very true. > > There is no use fighting RFID though. Wal-Mart has adapted it, meaning everyone is going to be using soon. werd^ will soon be the “bar code” replacement. ---
**Author:** ![Jeller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/32 "2005-11-06T11:09:02Z")
> [@PumiceT](#): > > My buddy works for Tyco’s Sensormatic division. Naturally, he knows a thing or 2 about RFID. He had an interview with Avery, maker of labels, as they are looking to get into RFID on items before they make it to a store. They’d have unique serial numbers, and when the items enter the receiving area, or pass through the checkout, it would know how many are entering or leaving. Eventually, we wouldn’t need cashiers. You’d push your cart through an aisle on your way out, it would tally up your items, charge it to your credit card, and you’d be all set. Perhaps they’d add in that photo into the account, but rather than rely on a human to look at you, they’d use facial recognition software to verify your identity. Yep, the company I work for is already selling and has been for a while, selling these tags to walmart, it is mandatory for all walmart top 100 vendors, walmart of course is not raising prices to compensate for the added cost, but still making it mandatory for vendors to have these tags, :roll2: they are not cheap either. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/33 "2005-11-07T06:21:58Z")
> [@Jeller](#): > > Yep, the company I work for is already selling and has been for a while, selling these tags to walmart, it is mandatory for all walmart top 100 vendors, walmart of course is not raising prices to compensate for the added cost, but still making it mandatory for vendors to have these tags, :roll2: they are not cheap either. Yeah they aren’t cheap at all. YIKES! Have you sold any of those to anyone around here? ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/34 "2005-11-07T06:50:46Z")
I cannot believe that no one has mentioned this yet… “SEE I.D.” For Teh Win. A friend of mine pointed this out to me 4-5 years ago. On the sig panel of Your plastic, take a sharpie and write SEE ID in big letters. This works two-fold: 1.) It’s not some random scribble, therefore it catches the cashier’s attention even if they just glance at it. 2.) The majority of the min. wage retail clerks will have their basic curiousity peaked/piqued when they see it. It may be a PITA for You to pull out Your license everytime You use that Credit Card, but I think it’s a good thing. Besides, if you are THAT paranoid about Your credit info, the this is THE WAY to go. As a matter of fact (and a bit OT), I think anything that makes it “tougher” to use Credit Cards is a GOOD FUCKING THING. Hopefully this will, ever-so-slightly, remind people that they are using their credit and will be paying 15% interest on this $20 purchase for the next 30 years. In every retail job that I’ve ever worked, I’ve _at least_ glanced @ the sig panel vs. the reciept. In total, of the ~7 years that I worked near a register, **maybe** 10% have done the SEE ID method. And EVERYTIME I would ask for ID. Of those customers, ~75% would be _shocked_ that I asked. About the same % would’ve forgotten that the SEE ID was on there. > [@Jack](#): > > I love having a credit limit… thats 1/2 my check FTW /lesson -Nick ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/35 "2005-11-07T06:55:06Z")
OMG now I can make one lucky person the grocery store clerk of the month! ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/36 "2005-11-07T07:01:05Z")
> [@RedGoober4Life](#): > > OMG now I can make one lucky person the grocery store clerk of the month! :confizzled: ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094/37 "2005-11-07T07:12:17Z")
Shit… I wrote SEE PENIS on my card… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/credit-cards-with-blink-rfid-technology/4094.md?page=1)