Password Protecting Your NFC Chip

Password Protecting Your NFC Chip

The V1CE products that are encoded in the chips are not automatically password protected.

 

Using a simple app called NFC Tools, you can quickly and easily add a password to your card and add an extra layer of protection. This will stop someone from skimming your card and rewriting it. 

 

Apple App Store 

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nfc-tools/id1252962749

Google Play Store 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wakdev.wdnfc&hl=en_GB&gl=US

 

Now how to set the password using the NFC tools app.

 

1. Open the app and click other 

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2. Click password and type in a password which you wish to add to the product and click set

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3. You will now be prompted to tap your product on your phone 

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4. The product is now password protected and can not be re-written without first removing the password. 

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