http://www.traveltalkmag.com.au/competitions/win-1-of-5-armourcards-and-protect-yourself-against-credit-card-fraudWIN 1 of 5 Armourcards and protect yourself against credit card fraud
Once a physical crime, pick pocketing has become electronic and silent, often with criminals sitting metres away. Here, Tyler Harris, Armourcard Director, explains why everyone is at risk and how to keep your cash safe in a wireless world.
New credit card and passport technology actually puts consumers at risk. Why is that?
Your tap and go credit cards and passports all work on technology called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and the nature of this technology means that data is transferred wirelessly over open airwaves.
The flaw with this technology is that anyone, and I mean anyone, can buy a reader off eBay for under $60 and anyone can download free software online that can turn a tablet or laptop into a skimming device when teamed with that reader.
And that’s not the worst of it. You can now download free Smartphone apps that read, or skim, credit cards – some go as far as to skim the credit card, showing a picture of the complete card on the hacker’s Smartphone screen. So today, anyone can intercept your tap-and-go signal and read it by simply standing close to you.
So how do people protect themselves?
We’ve produced what we call a ‘Second Generation Protection Product’. We deem ‘First Generation Products’ as RFID blocking wallets and travel pouches, for example. These ‘passive’ devices can often still be penetrated if a criminal boosts the power on their reader.
My business partner and I weren’t happy with our data being out there in this open, wireless world and we realised that a technology-based crime needed a technology-based solution.
So we created Armourcard, which is about the same size as a credit card and fits into your wallet. When someone tries to interrogate those cards it will instantly power up and jam the frequency – the communication link between the reader and your card – so nothing can be transmitted even if the criminal tries to boost up the reader signal. It protects everything within 50mm either side. If you place the Armourcard between a stack of around four passports, it will protect them all too.
How can this technology benefit travel agents?
The good thing about travellers today is that they’re already looking to protect themselves and their money. From a travel agent’s point of view, Armourcard offers clients greater security while they’re travelling and is also a really good opportunity for add-on sales. We have a trade distributor and there’s an opportunity for travel agents to access Armourcard at a wholesale price if they’d like to sell them through agencies.
Armourcard retails for $59.95. For stockist enquiries, contact Trade Distributor, Tim Roberts, on 0414 882069 or
tim@armourcard.com.au Otherwise, find it at Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi or head to armourcard.com.au
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