Re: RFID Flap Silences Security Researchers

["B Fuhrmann" <b-fuhrmann-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

}>> Given that the CVV2 is not (as yet) used
}>> for card-present transactions, has anyone
}>> considered obscuring or obliterating it on
}>> the physical card?

}> If you swipe the card enough times it will wear
}> off.  That's Visa & MC.  AmEx prints it on the
}> front of the card.

> However, more and more online merchants
> are beginning to insist on it so if you like to
> shop online you might want to reconsider.


If someone wants to "wear" it off the card, it would be easy to keep it
available at home to use when calling in an order or doing an online order.
Keeping the two parts of the key (credit card number and CVV2) in different
locations would prevent a waitress from copying the number while out of your
sight.

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Bill Fuhrmann