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<H1>Orange launch cell phones with HF transceivers</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The phone company <EM>Everything Everywhere</EM> which
operates the Orange and T-Mobile networks in the UK has announced its new
handsets will incorporate HF transceivers operating on 13560 kHz*.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The handsets will enable instant cash payments to be made
to a retail check-out point.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>It is rumoured that the use of the HF frequency 13560 kHz
for this application only happened because many years ago a portable games
console used this frequency. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>As a result transceiver modules for 13560kHz were readily
available when engineers at a cell phone manufacturer were looking for a way to
add a payments sytem to their phones.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>BBC - Orange customers of Everything Everywhere get mobile
payments<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12287009"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12287009</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>RFID enables theft of credit card info<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2011/rfid_theft.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2011/rfid_theft.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face="Meta Correios Portugal"></FONT> </P>
<H1>*RFID enables theft of credit card info</H1>
<P>A <EM>Channel 3 News</EM> video shows how easy it is to grab peoples' Credit
Card info using wireless technology.</P>
<P>Channel 3 News say:</P>
<P>"Thieves now have the capabilities to steal your credit card information
without laying a hand on your wallet. It's new technology being used in credit
and debit cards, and it's already leaving nearly 140 million people at-risk for
electronic pickpocketing. It all centers around radio frequency identification
technology, or RFID."</P>
<P>Watch the Channel 3 News Video "Electronic Pickpocketing" at </P>
<P><A
href="http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-electronic-pickpocketing-story,0,5636726,full.story"
target=_blank>http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-electronic-pickpocketing-story,0,5636726,full.story</A></P>
<P>In the British Isles and Europe, RFID uses inappropriate frequencies such as
433.920MHz in the readily accessable Amateur Radio band or 13.560MHz on HF just
below the Amateur Radio 20m band. Given the system is designed for very short
range communications, a matter of a few feet (metres) it should be using
frequencies above 2.45GHz.</P>
<P><FONT size=1>Fonte: <STRONG>Phil ZL2OWL</STRONG>
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