Kalau smartcard ditempelin ke magnet sampe lumuten juga gak bakal hilang datanya :-)
2007/10/25, Fransiska Ike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hey...think about it.... > > Tempelin aja magnet...beres..GG!! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <e-ketawa%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > [email protected] <e-ketawa%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf > Of Nugroho, Eko Sasmito > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:53 AM > To: [email protected] <e-ketawa%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: e-ketawa :-) Hotel's Key Card > Importance: High > > Information Alert > > VERY IMPORTANT INFO FOR THOSE WHO TRAVEL > Subject: Hotel keycards > > I did not realize that hotel room keycards contained so much > information. Sounds like a good advice. I am sure I won't > leave my key card anymore.You know how when you check out of > a hotel that uses the credit-card-type room key, the clerk > often will ask you to return your key(s)...or to drop in a > box or slot at the Reception counter? > > It's good for the hotel because they save money by re-using > those cards. But,it is not good for you, as revealed below > by the California Bureau of Investigation: > > Southern California law enforcement professionals assigned > to detect new threats to personal security issues, recently > discovered what type of information is embedded in the > credit card type hotel room keys used throughout the > industry. > > Although room keys differ from hotel to hotel, a key > obtained from a wellknown hotel chain that was being used > for a regional Identity Theft Presentation was found to > contain the following the information: > > a..Customers (your) name > b..Customers partial home address > c..Hotel room number > d..Check in date and check out date > e..Customer's (your) credit card number and expiry date! > > When you return them at the front desk your personal > information remain there for any employee to access by > simply scanning the card in the hotel > scanner. An employee can take a handfull of cards home and > using a scanning device, access the information onto a > laptop computer and go shopping at > your expense. > > Simply put, hotels do not erase the information on these > cards until an employee re-issues the card to the next hotel > guest. At that time, the new > guest's information is electronically "overwritten" on the > card the previous guest's information. > But until the card is reused for the next guest, it usually > is kept in a drawer the front desk with YOUR INFORMATION ON > IT!!!! > > The bottom line is: Keep the cards, take them home with you, > or destroy them. NEVER leave them behind in the room or room > wastebasket, and NEVER > turn them in at the front desk when you check out of a room. > They will not charge you for the card (it's illegal) and > you'll be sure you are not > leaving a lot of valuable personal information on it that > could be easily lifted off with any simple scanning device > card reader. > > For the same reason, if you arrive at the airport and > discover you still have the card key in your pocket, do not > toss it in an airport trash basket. Take it home > and destroy it by cutting it up, especially through the > electronic information strip! > > Information courtesy of: > Pasadena Police Department > SEND TO ANYONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dari M. Jumari Software Engineer PT. Gamatechno Indonesia Jl. Cik Ditiro 34 Yogyakarta 55223 Mobile: +622743251763 +6281904091661 Home: +628562899563 Skype: m.jumari Blog: http://blog.kazao.net Web: http://mr.kazao.net GMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------
