Re: Smartcard durability?
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:56, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: Are there any particular problems the durability of a smartcard, particularly an OpenPGP card? Are there any damage concerns from wallet It is not different than with any other chip card. If you immerse the card into water only the contacts my corrode. Use an eraser to clean them. If you bend the card to strong the chip may get an microfissure and stop working. I have several chip cards in my purse for may years now without any problems. Granted most money cards still use the magstripe but at least my OpenPGP card and my RFID based season ticket are chip-only cards. As an alternative you may use an ID-000 (GSM card size) card along with an USB reader and put it on your key ring. I had one on mine for at least 4 years and it surived summer, winter, snow and sun without any problems. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: Smartcard durability?
It's a small sample to be sure, but I've been carrying my smartcard in my wallet for several months and it's held up just fine. It has a tiny bit of curvature to it now, but that's only noticeable if you lay it on something flat, and has no impact on its usage. (If it matters any, I carry my wallet in a front pocket -- I know some people sit on theirs which might be a bit worse for it.) David On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Robert J. Hansen r...@sixdemonbag.org wrote: Are there any particular problems the durability of a smartcard, particularly an OpenPGP card? Are there any damage concerns from wallet storage, for instance? ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users -- David Tomaschik, RHCE, LPIC-1 System Administrator/Open Source Advocate OpenPGP: 0x5DEA789B http://systemoverlord.com da...@systemoverlord.com ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Smartcard durability?
Are there any particular problems the durability of a smartcard, particularly an OpenPGP card? Are there any damage concerns from wallet storage, for instance? ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
