Help - I can't seem to read my Magic Ring

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@ultimav

The pm3 came with Classic 1 cards, so will try one of those first

That will likely be a gen1a NOT the gen2 (which is what your ring has)
Ideally you want a gen2 card to practice on.

Here’s some more info

"magic" Mifare chips

The Mifare “classic” S50 1k chip? For many years the Mifare MF1ICS50 1k chip was used for all kinds of applications as a “secure chip” for everything from access control to stored value cards, and used for making localized payments within closed systems like public transit and laundry services. However, it uses a security mechanism called “crypto1” which is a simple, proprietary encryption mechanism that hardly has anything to do with modern cryptography. It has been broken for many years now, b…