[ale] OT Fwd: Dc404-Chat New smart locks for your home

[William Bagwell]

On Wednesday 19 June 2013, Alex Carver wrote:
> It really depends where the antenna coil was located.  On my AmEx card,
> the coil passes under the magstripe.  The easiest thing to do if you
> want to disable the RFID permanently is to use a very bright light to
> find the actual chip (it's about 2mm on a side) and then use a sharp
> nail and hammer to strike the center of the chip.  You don't need to
> punch through the card in this case, just a very hard impact will
> shatter the silicon and the RFID portion is dead.

Dark colored Chase Slate and I can not see anything with an incandescent or 
even direct sunlight.

Just cut an almost identical RFID card they sent me two or three years ago. 
Had the same expiration date as the existing non RFID card so I never 
activated it. 

http://alt-config.net/CC.jpg

As you can see the copper coils are just under the magnetic strip and just 
above the signature bar. Would have done no good to punch a corner as I 
suggested up thread. Will continue to search for the chip...
-- 
William