Swipe here to steal ID…

Swipe here to steal ID…

Reader If Peter Wallace’s recent experience with hotel access cards is an indicator, leaving your electronic hotel room key behind when you check out could leave you open to identity theft... [via] Link. In MAKE volume 01 we showed how you can build your own card reader.

4 thoughts on “Swipe here to steal ID…

  1. Gumby322 says:

    Much of the information in the link is based on a hoax
    http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp
    Please use google before falling for these and other hoax’s

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