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$49.95 - Armourcard - Protect Your Credit Cards & Passports - Free Shipping @ Warcom

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$49.95 - Armourcard - Protect Your Credit Cards & Passports - Free Shipping @ Warcom
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Store Repwarcom on 05/12/2014 - 14:03 warcom.com.au (202 clicks)
Last edited 05/12/2014 - 14:03 by 1 other user

We're excited to introduce the "Armourcard" - Wireless Skimming Protection - Invented in Australia.

We have this hot new product in stock at our warehouse, so for the next few days, we're offering free shipping - Australia wide!

Use the coupon code: 'freeship' to take advantage of this offer.

You can read all about the Armourcard on our site

7 simple reasons why ARMOURCARD is better:**

  • JAMMING TECHNOLOGY – ARMOURCARD actively jams RFID signals^ communicating on the most common frequency (13.56Mhz) for contact-less devices like credit cards & ePassports.

  • MULTI - CARD PROTECTION - (ARMOURCARD protects multiple cards within the jamming proximity forcefield)

  • CONVENIENCE – You are still able to use ‘Tap & Go’ payment terminals, (you can temporarily disable ARMOURCARD jamming signal and use the facilities as normal.) Just disable then ‘Wave & Go’.

  • SECURITY - Knowing that you have another line of protection in place to protect you from ID theft.

  • SIZE – ARMOURCARD fits into any wallet or purse

  • FREEDOM – The choice is back in your hands. (You are no longer forced to buy ugly wallets or sleeves just to get some form of passive protection.)

  • THE PRICE – Active RFID Protection from electronic pickpockets is now affordable with ARMOURCARD

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  • WatchNerd on 05/12/2014 - 14:08
    +7

    Or the banks will just reimburse you because they are at fault if their cards have security flaws.

  • Jorkus on 05/12/2014 - 14:11
    +5

    Is this a gift for the paranoid schizophrenic in your life?

  • SBOB on 05/12/2014 - 14:18
    +1

    I'll just keep my tinfoil hat on.. it works better and its cheaper

  • Logical on 05/12/2014 - 14:19
    +2

    I just wrap my wallet in aluminium foil.

  • spackbace on 05/12/2014 - 14:36
    +2

    Saw this on the counter at JB Hifi last night, and they're listed as an official supplier.

    So really, free postage on RRP is really only a deal if you don't have a JB Hifi within close proximity…

  • fertiliser on 05/12/2014 - 14:44

    where exactly does it fit in the wallet? all my card sleeves in my wallet can only just fit the cards.. adding bulk to it would mean it will no longer fit

  • Pledge on 05/12/2014 - 14:45
    +7

    This isn't a bargain.

    The official Armourcard website is selling the product for $49.99 with free shipping World Wide compared to your $49.95 (4 cents cheaper) and free shipping Australia wide (which expires in 2 days).

    According to this Armourcard page, it can be purchased from local retailers: JB HIFI and Harvey Norman who may be offering similar pricing.

    You'll need to propose an attractive discount.

  • Obake on 05/12/2014 - 14:55
    +1

    Or get one of these for a fraction of the cost:
    http://www.pacsafe.com/rfidsleeve-25-rfid-blocking-credit-ca…

    But you will have to take it out of the sleeve to use, but you will have to take the armourcard out of wallet so not much difference?

    Or get a wallet with RFID blocking:
    http://www.pacsafe.com/travel-accessories-wallets/rfid-block…

    (not associated with pacsafe, just aware of their products)

    • SBOB on 05/12/2014 - 14:59
      +5

      or get nothing and save your $

      a product targeted directly at peoples misunderstanding of the technology and the fear raised by high quality reporting like ACA

  • pmupsinep on 05/12/2014 - 15:28
    +4

    Think of the $49.95 price as an idiot tax.

  • z28 on 05/12/2014 - 15:30
    +2

    FREEDOM – The choice is back in your hands. (You are no longer forced to buy the Armourcard.)

  • epicaricacy on 05/12/2014 - 15:39

    seriously…..

  • sk3iron on 05/12/2014 - 16:03
    +1

    How does it protect my passport? SPAM IN A CAN

  • timmypete on 05/12/2014 - 17:25
    +1

    Idea is interesting, especially as most RFID wallets are butt ugly and I just had to cancel a card that got cloned and used in Las Vegas.

    Still, RRP is not a bargain. I'm tempted to take a stanley knife to my replacement card's antennae for permanent effect with a thinner wallet.

    • SBOB on 05/12/2014 - 19:07

      I just had to cancel a card that got cloned and used in Las Vegas.

      and ill take the 99.9999999% odds on bet that it wasn't cloned via RFID

      • timmypete on 05/12/2014 - 19:35
        +1

        ill take the 99.9999999% odds on bet that it wasn't cloned via RFID

        Probably true there, but I'm at a bit of a loss to guess the source at present. Card is a Mastercard debit and the card number isn't stored on my computer and was only used once for an online purchase in the past year or more (and that transaction was hours from the misuse, with two friends who made identical purchases unaffected). If keyloggers/spyware that slipped through checks were the source, a much more frequently used card would have been the one compromised.

        Therefore, I'd assume either a data breach from an online outlet >12mo, ATM skimming (I'm usually pretty vigilant), or in-person compromise. I probably won't ever know, but honestly won't miss PayPass.

        • SBOB on 05/12/2014 - 19:38

          but honestly won't miss PayPass.

          dont know why… quicker payments at supermarkets, petrol stations and shops (where the majority of my purchases are sub $100)…

          no pin number to be 'spied' or captured and the transaction is paid for quicker

        • timmypete on 05/12/2014 - 20:04

          Mainly because contactless payment fraud is on the rise, with Victoria Police suggesting they were responsible for a 5% rise in last year's crime rate, and for the year before that: "Overall card fraud losses dropped from $279 million to $245 million. But amounts pilfered due to lost or stolen cards rose from $15.8 million to $22.7 million." (source). If the banks had a limit to the number of contactless transactions that can be made a day my view might be a bit different, as a per-transaction limit of $100 is next to pointless if you can make a run of small purchases with a stolen card.

          Second, contactless transactions are usually processed by the credit card networks, not EFTPOS. I've been caught out a couple of times by credit card surcharges on my debit Mastercard (and ALDI got fined for doing this without warnings).

          I guess this is a bit like auto-login on computers, in that I see it as a bug, not a feature. About the only place where this is a hassle for me is restaurant purchases (now that the similarly easy to fake signature option is gone), but again the <$100 rule limits its utility, and enough places are introducing mobile terminals.

        • spackbace on 05/12/2014 - 20:55

          @tplen1:

          Mainly because contactless payment fraud is on the rise, with Victoria Police suggesting they were responsible for a 5% rise in last year's crime rate, and for the year before that: "Overall card fraud losses dropped from $279 million to $245 million. But amounts pilfered due to lost or stolen cards rose from $15.8 million to $22.7 million." (source). If the banks had a limit to the number of contactless transactions that can be made a day my view might be a bit different, as a per-transaction limit of $100 is next to pointless if you can make a run of small purchases with a stolen card.

          With most banks now offering a quick-stop offering in their apps, you'd have to have both your wallet/purse stolen and your phone in order for the thieves to run that many transactions up. So in other words, you'd have to be very unlucky for a thief to process multiple transactions under $100 before you realised your card wasn't on you.

        • SBOB on 05/12/2014 - 22:04

          @Spackbace: multiple transactions under $100 before you realised your card wasn't on you.

          plus..credit card transaction-> not your problem, claim it back from the bank
          eftpos transaction is your problem, onus is on you to priove you didnt use your pin number.. less places i need to enter my pin number the better

        • timmypete on 06/12/2014 - 13:44

          Looks like SBOB was right about RFID not being the source -which I'd agreed with earlier - as a few people from the Macpac tshirt deal are reporting similar stories.

          Looking at the back and forth between SBOB, Spaceback and myself, it seems the major difference is that I see a PIN as a security assurance and banking refund processes as an annoyance, wheras you both see the PIN as the annoyance and the banking refund processes as the assurance. Both are valid views, but I doubt any of us is going to be swayed to the other camp any time soon.

          Back to the original topic, this gadget isn't a deal, however novel an idea it is..

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