cardpeek

Cardpeek is a neat application that allows you to read ISO7816 smart cards. Here are included most of the cards that have the yellow square chip on its surface.

The app feature a GTK (Gimp Tool Kit) user interface to represent the card information as a tree view. It can also be improved if you posses the technical means; extendable with a scripting language (LUA).

The tool was developed with the sole purpose to allow smart card owners to check information that is stored as data in the small chips. The tool can work with a wide range of cards, as listed below: One of the branches that use the card on a daily basis is the banking system. EMV "chip and PIN" bank cards, including VISA, MasterCard, CB and UK Post Office Account contact cards; PayWave (VISA) and PayPass (MasterCard) contactless cards.

Regarding the transportation/migration system, the app can scan Electronic/Biometric passports, which have an embedded contactless chip, The Belgian eID card, Calypso transport cards including Navigo transport cards used in Paris, MOBIB cards used in Brussels, RavKav cards used in Israel and VIVA cards used in Lisbon.

Cardpeek can also scan SIM cards (without USIM data used in recent cards) French health cards and some Mifare cards.

Due to the fact that not all personal data is inscribed on the plastic cards So if you are interested in the information, you don't see written on your cards, you can give this app try.