The pros and cons of a Mifare Classic gen2

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@Equipter

i can with one command brick any gen2 i want, i can soft brick a gen1 but cant make it permanently unusable

Some more info around the gen1a and gen2 discussion

"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…

FYI
I have both gen1a and gen2, and had the gen2 for for…years and used it frequently, I have never had an issue, but i am also aware of the risk