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tzsm98 2010-11-18 15:18
Re: smartphones damaging bank cards
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TiagoTiago (Post 877103)
I remember seeing on Mythusters they trying to mess up the data on magnetic strips on cards with all sorts of magnets, and only on very extreme cases anything happened at all
When I was a spot welder in an auto assembly factory I messed up my credit cards the day I forgot to leave my wallet in my locker. Seventeen pulses per job, 600 jobs by the end of the shift took real good care of the magnetic stripe. I don't think the NSA could have recovered it.

Carrying your wallet and the N900 in the same pocket means you have big pockets. Because of the bulk of the case/phone using the dedicated Nokia case nothing else goes in that pocket.

dchky 2010-11-19 08:17
Re: smartphones damaging bank cards
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by paai (Post 875945)
Hi,

read today in a dutch newspaper that the radiation fom a smartphone could damage the magnetic strip and/or chip on a bankpass or creditcard.

On the other4 hand, I like the idea of carrying creditcard and n900 in the same pouch.

Would it help to carry the creditcard in a metal sleeve?

Paai
Any time you read this kind of page filler, it is utterly safe to ignore.

Every moment of our existence we are being bombarded with electromagnetic radiation from right across the spectrum, some of this is significantly more 'powerful' than what is radiated from a cellphone antenna.

You need a fairly strong magnetic field to modify the card stripe - you wont get that, ever, from your bog standard cell phone.

RevdKathy 2010-11-20 09:44
Re: smartphones damaging bank cards
 
I would imagine that the sort of radiation needed to upset your bank cards would not be something you wanted anywhere near your body, certainly not in your hip pocket. If it ain't going to hurt me, I doubt it will harm my cards. Besides, cards are replaceable.

christopher70 2010-11-20 11:39
Re: smartphones damaging bank cards
 
I wouldn't worry too much as well, this should happen in very rare cases (and if it does, then I would worry for my own health as well !)


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