diff --git a/src/card_reader.rs b/src/card_reader.rs
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+use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+
+use crossbeam_channel::Sender;
+use rusb::UsbContext;
+
+use crate::error::Error;
+
+fn extract_card_id(buf: &[u8]) -> Option<String> {
+    let significant_indices = [2, 18, 34, 50, 66, 82, 98, 114];
+    let extracted: Vec<u8> = significant_indices
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|&i| buf.get(i).copied())
+        .collect();
+
+    if extracted.len() == 8 && extracted.iter().all(|&b| b != 0) {
+        Some(extracted.iter().fold(String::new(), |mut acc, &b| {
+            acc.push_str(&format!("{b:02X}"));
+            acc
+        }))
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+/// Reads data from the card reader.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `vid` - The vendor ID.
+/// * `pid` - The product ID.
+/// * `tx` - The sender channel for sending the card ID.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Returns an `Error` if there was an error reading from the card reader or sending the card ID.
+pub fn read(vid: u16, pid: u16, tx: &Sender<Arc<str>>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let context = rusb::Context::new()?;
+    let handle = context
+        .open_device_with_vid_pid(vid, pid)
+        .ok_or(Error::Rusb(rusb::Error::NotFound))?;
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    {
+        if handle.kernel_driver_active(0)? {
+            handle.detach_kernel_driver(0)?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    handle.claim_interface(0)?;
+
+    let mut buf = [0; 128];
+    loop {
+        match handle.read_interrupt(0x81, &mut buf, Duration::from_secs(1)) {
+            Ok(_) => {
+                if let Some(card_id) = extract_card_id(&buf) {
+                    tx.send(Arc::from(card_id)).map_err(Error::Send)?;
+                }
+            }
+            Err(rusb::Error::Timeout) => (),
+            Err(e) => eprintln!("Error: {e}"),
+        }
+    }
+}