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08/09/2008
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Chip and PIN cards and RFID access cards and passports can be protected from data skimming by placing a very thin sensing fabric push button in the circuit connecting the terminal pins or the RFID antenna to the chip
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While there is no evidence that terrorists have skimmed passport information to trigger targeted bombs in the manner demonstrated in a notorious YouTube video, there is a growing problem with remote skimming other kinds of data from various cards. However, in a prototype mocked up card demonstrated by to us by Philip Taysom, director of Peratech, a 35 micron thick piece of Quantum Tunnelling Composite can be manufactured into a card to function as a push button. The circuit connecting the chip is then only completed when the button area is pressed, which can be accomplished by holding it between thumb and forefinger when it is intended to be read.
For those unfamiliar with the technology, QTCs were invented by David Lussey in 1995, and were revealed in Eureka in 2002. The competing sensing fabric technology, “ElekTex”, revealed by Eureka in February 2000, is now also part of Peratech, since Peratech acquired Eleksen in December 2007.
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Tom Shelley
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