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bigger nerd than ever

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2014.04.24

I've found a way to be a bigger nerd than ever; using an RFID-proof wallet. It's the natural outcome of having been the victim of identity theft AND having been subject to a data leak at a financial institution. I'm now getting more and more paranoid. And when I heard the "chief information security officer" of one of Canada's major banks speak at a conference six months ago about the importance of using an RFID-secure wallet to protect his identity and his credit/debit card, it stuck in my mind. While shopping for a new rear bicycle light tonight I saw an RFID-proof wallet in the store, and now I'm the proud carrier of a vinyl wallet.

Goodbye fancy deer-skin wallet. Hello possible protection from identity thieves stealing my details through a passive scanner. I figure it'll also shield me from accidental purchases on POS devices. It's a win all 'round.

rand()m quote

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

—Lenny Bruce