<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">An Altoids tin is a possible "no-cost" alternative, but I haven't checked it's resistance to scanning. <br>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Pete Hardie<br>--------<br>Better Living Through Bitmaps</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Mike Harrison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cluon@geeklabs.com" target="_blank">cluon@geeklabs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On Wed, 19 Jun 2013, William Bagwell wrote:<br>
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On Wednesday 19 June 2013, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:<br>
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I don't want to even get started on rf based credit cards. Steve's been<br>
reporting on various cases of those being abused again. If I get one of<br>
those, I'm sending it back or zapping it in the microwave oven. I wonder<br>
if that would destroy the magnetic strip.<br>
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/Supposedly/ you can hole punch a corner away from the stripe, destroying the<br>
rf grid and keeping the magnetic stripe intact. Have not confirmed this bit<br>
of information and hoping our old cards will continue to work next month.<br>
Same account number, however the three digit extra number has changed...<br>
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Depending on the company involved, sending them back is not an option.<br>
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I carry mine in one of these:<br>
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<a href="http://www.umbra.com/ustore/product/460330-289.store" target="_blank">http://www.umbra.com/ustore/<u></u>product/460330-289.store</a><br>
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It took me over 2 years, but I wore one out. $7.00<br>
and nearly industructable. It and cash are all I usually carry,<br>
my ID's and Credit Cards fit in this really well.<br>
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It currently holds: 3 government issues ID cards, 2 cards related to health insurance and 4 credit cards and 1 RFID access card.<br>
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I've not been able to scan cards that are inside of it...<br>_______________________________________________<br>
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