MyID CardChecker

About MyID CardChecker Android App

The MyID® CardChecker app from Intercede® lets you use your NFC enabled smartphone or tablet to read and display electronic information from a PIV, PIV-I or CIV smart card. Additionally if an ACR38 series smart card reader is plugged into the device, the MyID® CardChecker allows the extended printed information and photo to be read and displayed.

NFC:

Simply placing your NFC enabled smartphone or tablet near a card allows the CardChecker app to read the Card Holder Unique Identifier (CHUID) data available over the contactless interface and display it on your screen. Information such as the unique person identifier, organization name, who the card was issued by and when it expires lets you check that the information printed on the card’s surface matches the electronic data encoded on the card.
NOTE: Newer PIV cards may be incompatible with later versions of Android due to the short NFC timeout that is set within the operating system. Unfortunately, this cannot be overridden from our app and requires a modified build of Android to fix. Google are aware of this limitation - we await their fix!

USB:

Connect an ACR38 series smart card reader to your smartphone or tablet (you may also require a USB to microUSB converter cable such as the ET-R205UBEGSTD) and insert your smart card to view the CHUID information. Enter the correct PIN for the card and the CardChecker app can read additional information, including the photo, and display it on your screen allowing you to verify that the information printed on the card’s surface matches the data encoded on the card.

Solution Benefits:
• Verify that the contactless interface of the card is functioning
• Verify that the contact interface of the card is functioning
• Check that the data on the card is correctly formatted, and that the user knows the card PIN
• Verify that the printed information has not being altered, reducing identity fraud
• See exactly what data on your card is visible to others over the contactless interface
• Use existing readily available hardware to read card content, including Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

About the MyID CardChecker:

For the NFC features to be available, the following is required:

• A smartphone or tablet with NFC support,
• Android OS version 2.3.7 or higher

Primary testing has been performed using the Samsung Galaxy SII, SIII and Google Nexus 7 and 10. Variations in NFC implementation may present issues on older versions and other hardware.

For the contact reader features to be available, the following is required:

• An Advanced Card Systems Ltd. ACR38 series card reader (e.g. ACR3801 or ACR38U),
• A USB to microUSB converter cable,
• A smartphone or tablet with USB host support,
• Android OS version 3.1 or higher

Primary testing has been performed using the Samsung Galaxy SIII and Google Nexus 7 and 10. Note: It is known that the Google Nexus 4 does not support USB host mode and therefore cannot be used with this app. Other devices may also not support the USB host mode that is required for this app to function correctly.

About PIV: Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) defines the content of a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart card. Initially used to authenticate US federal government employees, the standard has been expanded to cover usage for PIV-Interoperable (PIV-I) and Commercial Identity Verification (CIV) purposes.

About Intercede: Intercede is the producer of the MyID identity and credential management system (IDCMS), the MyID Management Agent for Microsoft® Forefront™ Identity Manager and a range of mobile applications for securing smartphones. MyID technology is being used around the world by large corporations, governments and banks to manage millions of identities for employees, citizens and customers.