[LINK] refusing contactless cards

[Brendan]

On 08/02/2013 06:01 PM, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 08:53:17AM +1000, Roger Clarke wrote:
>>> is there any ACCC or Banking Industry or other regulations I
>>> can refer to when I call/write to the bank to save myself a lot
>>> of argument with low-level employees who aren't allowed to make
>>> decisions.
>
> I got a written response from Bendigo Bank today.  To summarise "our
> magic security is really really secure. really truly. and it's so much
> easier to buy stuff without a mean old PIN. and if you don't want to use
> the paypass 'feature', you don't have to"
>
> in other words: quit whining, you're RFID-tagged whether you like it or
> not. just ignore it and pretend it could never be a problem.

I've just seen a clear plastic one.  If you have to, get one of those.
The antenna is quite visible...