Anti-Hack Access Card Shields Tested
By: Brian Rhodes, Published on May 26, 2017
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Comments (5)
Jim Elder
Unfortunately, it still takes some action on the part of the cardholder to shield his/her card. Unless there is a personal motive, my experience tells me that any of the solutions would be successful in a full deployment . One of the big benefits of a non-contact technology is that you don't have to take the card out of your wallet or purse. Using any of these would eliminate this benefit.
A related question. Have you tried two cards back to back? With the same card number? Different numbers? Different formats?
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Blake Murphy
Thanks, there is much food for thought in this article as cheap scanners become more available & our expensive "shielded" wallets become less suitable
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Thrax Cui
Shouldn't higher frequency gives you shorter wavelength? And longer wavelength harder to block?
Is the following statement wrong oder?
"The higher wavelength signal has a harder time passing through line-of-sight obstructions, but that same property also makes shielding more effective."
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