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From: Graham. on 21 Apr 2010 18:09
Alright, slight exaggeration. What did happen is the magnet in the Blackberry holster
corrupted the mag-stripe on a hotel key-card. both were in my shirt pocket.

Is this a well known problem?

Am I right in thinking because key-cards are re-used, the data is more
easily erased by a magnet than a credit card which is intended to be read-only?

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Graham.

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From: Bob Eager on 21 Apr 2010 18:51
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:09:18 +0100, Graham. wrote:

> Alright, slight exaggeration. What did happen is the magnet in the
> Blackberry holster corrupted the mag-stripe on a hotel key-card. both
> were in my shirt pocket.
>
> Is this a well known problem?
>
> Am I right in thinking because key-cards are re-used, the data is more
> easily erased by a magnet than a credit card which is intended to be
> read-only?

Dunno, but I'm not at all surprised. The holster on my E63 has a strong
magnet too. When I put it in my pocket, it usually comes out with own or
two 'copper' coins attached. Luckily, I keep the cards in another pocket!

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http://www.mirrorservice.org

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