Destroying Credit Cards with Chips

zakony

why don't you just keep them at home? no need to smash or whatever

Hunnymonster

Stonk wrote:

Mmm. Now I am eagerly awaiting the expiry of my next card, so I can discover what effect the microwave has. I am imagining a wonderful flexible, floppy card that can be stretched like cheese on a pizza.

LOL! Sadly I think you'll be disappointed - you get a small fireworks display from the metal parts, and that's about it

monomer

rafter wrote:

Your all mad

Probably worth destroying the chip because it can tell you the card number which could then be written onto a magnetic stripe cloned card in theory.

However, the pin encoded on the chip is safe for now. The chip never reveals what the pin is, it just says 'yes' if the right pin is entered.

From my limited technical knowledge, snapping the black bit should do the job, although so will a flame thrower and shreader!!!!

R.

I quite agree with Rafter... you're all mad!

I never imagined that there were so many ways to kill a credit card. Evil things.

sra

It's an old thread, but I thought I'd bump it when I saw this today

schiff

It's so easy for parents of babies. Cut up the card and push the bits into baby's latest nappy (used, of course). Can't imagine any hacker wanting to delve into that, though he/she would have a nice story to tell:
'Hey, found this baby that s---s little bits of credit card. Would you believe it?'

thesaint

All this high tech stuff. I simply put mine in my back pocket, and by the time i've walked to the city centre, all retailers find it impossible to read, and no amount of wiping it on their sleeves brings it back to life!

tuux1598g

After cutting the card into smaller pieces - you could always vacuum half of the chip part up (along with a few pieces of the card if you like... throw the rest in the dustbin.