Barclaycard RFID Exploring

Waived my card over my Arduino Powered SM130 RFID reader to see what it would say..

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Student Card: Mifare 1K(2) : 2ADEXXXX

Barclay Card: Unknown Tag(FF) : 09A1XXXX

It’s compatible with the usual RFID standards to some degree, enough to give the same serial number every time, unlike my passport which randomises its ID each activation, but not surprisingly it doesn’t read on my basic reader, probably a more advanced one would get further..

New RFID Barclaycard

Got a new barclaycard with RFID in the post today

I wonder if the RFID bit is MiFare compatible.. will try my reader later, not sure I’m happy about it.

The chip/pin bit seems to be compatible with my co-operative/Smile.co.uk card reader too, which surprised me but pleases me that I wont need lots of incompatible bits of junk for two-factor authentication.