Your Credit Card is at Risk because of this hacking device!

If you use a credit card, you better watch this - your credit card is literally at risk!

The two shields I used:

SUBSCRIBED YET?

#TheTechieGuy
Need to get faster wifi and faster internet? Is your gaming lagging and your zoom buffering? What is a Mesh WiFi and WiFi 6?
I show you all you need to know about faster and better connectivity with the best router settings, wifi optimization, wifi tips and internet bandwidth performance tricks and even boosting speed apps.

My name is Liron Segev, aka TheTechieGuy, and I make tech simple for everyone to understand - I answer your technology questions making so you are more productive more efficient, and getting more out of your phones, gadgets, and apps

Liron Segev aka TheTechieGuy

FYI: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases

[DeeNimmin]

Incredible timing. I'm in the middle of disputing a ton of fraudulent charges on TWO of my cards. Took a break and here's this video.

[kennyjuengel]

I'm immune to the flipper. I only use cash. No credit, debit, or bank card.
If I didn't live the way I do and had one, I'd be very concerned about right now.
Sometimes the best defense against high tech is to be low tech.

[scottchristofersen]

I have a flipper and I can say with certainty that the threat of using one to grab someone’s information from a card even in their pocket is extremely unlikely. Is it possible? I mean… sorta. But you are far far more likely to be the target of a skimmer or general identity theft. So go ahead and get that rfid blocking wallet… but it probably isn’t necessary.

[bostonrocks]

With all of the data breaches, I never store my credit card information on a website. Yeah, it takes a little bit longer to pay for an item, but that also helps prevent impulse buying.

[summerbee]

Hi ya Liron!
Ya, seen that zipper being used in my local supermarket but security was happy enough to escort the young lad outside
The M5 stick, stack and Stamp have similar behaviors.
Good content us always 👍

[Ballinalower]

About 10 years ago I saw an item on TV in France. They walked through a shopping mall with a similar device and succeeded in taking one Euro from the credit or debit cards of about 20 people in the mall. The TV program immediately refunded the money but that was scary. They could have taken up to the tap transaction limit which for most cards is about 200 euro. So like 4, 000 Euro in a 10 minute walk through a mall. I have used those sleeve things ever since.

[rickcudmore]

We have been using the blocking sleeves for years, especially when we cruise in Europe.

[ZarpeParadise]

Most valuable info and much appreciation for you. Thank you!

[stuartofblyth]

The dude does it yet again! Short, to the point and VERY useful.

[keiyakins]

It's not because of the flipper. It's because of shoddy engineering by the people who designed the payment system. It *should* be using a challenge-response system to verify the card without ever revealing the secret, but that would take effort.

[psa]

You're right about it being a pain slipping the card back into one of those little Faraday holders. What I do is to keep two in my wallet and easily slide the card between them.

[Fizz-Pop]

I've been using those little wallet things for years. Good to let people know though.

[diego_jz]

to prevent this, there are infoless cards without numbers. If you want to make online payments, you have to use a virtual card with a dynamic CVV. At least in Mexico, there are some banks that operate this way.

[sirjanhaugen]

Just a clarification: The nfc cards that were "copied" aren't actually vulnerable to attacks of this sort, nowadays EMV bank cards have cryptographic algorithms that run inside their chips to verify transactions using a sort of public-private key transaction with the bank through POS terminal. What this attack is doing is essentially stealing the ID that the card uses (aka card number) to identify itself with the bank so it can send back a challenge code. This might be helpful to cybercriminals as some credit cards send all of their information through the nfc signal (including cvv and exp date which might be used to make online transactions), but should not work for performing transactions at contactless terminals with the flipper.

[rogerstarkey]

A word of warning(?)
This probably applies to your phone as well.
I use my phone (in the UK) with NFC when shopping.
However, I ALWAYS turn it off after the transaction.

[zsoltibitter]

Theres no need to buy such fancy advertised NFC blocking card. I have made a lot of them by myself using aluminium foil you use for making meal, grilling. you cut a few layers to the correct size and foil it with laminator. Perfect.

[nick.ytchannel]

RFID blocking card wallets are the best option. They hold around 5 cards and look super cool.

[jaca]

The information is so useful because people are so relaxing when it comes to their ccards.

[OZZIESPOCK]

I have an RFID shielded wallet. Yes, I got fed up with those card/foil pouches, used them for years. The wallet is great.

[cybervigilante]

I always keep my wallet in my front pocket. Harder to pickpocket and now, harder for someone to sneak up on me with a flipper. If someone got that close to my crown jewels they'd lose some teeth, anyway 😜