可使用近距离无线支付的信用卡
The majority of credit and debit cards are fitted with Near Field Communication chips, a type of RFID tech Digital forensic firm Disklabs has used similar technology to make a wallet, which, like the Betabrand jeans, blocks RFID signals.
大部分的信用卡和借记卡都有近距离无线通讯的芯片,这是一种射频识别技术。数字取证公司Disklabs使用类似的技术,使钱包像Betabrand的牛仔裤一样能够屏蔽射频识别信号。
"There is technology readily available for anyone to snatch other people's credit and debit card data within seconds," said Disklabs boss Simon Steggles.
Disklabs公司老板西蒙·斯塔格勒表示,“如今已有技术能使任何人在几秒内窃取他人的银行卡数据。”
"These apps simply copy the card with all the information on it."
“那些应用能轻而易举地复制卡里面的所有的信息。”
His firm also designs "faraday" bags which block mobile signals. Such bags are often used by police now to store mobile phones taken from suspects.
他的公司也设计了“法拉第”包,能够屏蔽手机信号。现在,警察常使用这种包来装从疑犯手中得到的手机。
Last month the BBC reported that several police forces around the country had admitted that some mobile phones confiscated from suspects had been remotely wiped because they had not been stored in a secure way.
上月,BBC报道,几名警察承认一些从嫌犯手中没收的手机已经被人从远程将数据抹去,因为这些手机的存放方式不够安全。