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[jvol1]

It?s shockingly easy to steal somebody?s credit card information ? these wallets can help keep yours safe from hackers - Business Insider

Is this marketing or a possibly real problem? I couldn't quite tell.

 

[salutethehill]

What's the point of the RFID chip?...Security?

 

[jvol1]

It's supposed to be more secure than the magnetic strip we have now. We got this system, prevalent I'm told in Europe, after the Target hacking attack several years ago. It's supposed to prevent easy reproduction of the cards.

Though, it seems to have some flaws of its own.

 

[salutethehill]

Clearly a conspiracy of the wallet industry.

 

[tumscalcium]

By thread title I thought it was a socialism how-to.

Carry on.

 

[Biopsyman]

I thought this was about picking your nose in public

 

[StarBar33]

The RFID scanners get the information from the magnetic strip. The chips in credit cards, and now debit cards, are called EMV chips. They are supposed to be a more secure because the merchants machine send a unique transaction code to the card company (Visa, MasterCard, etc) and it has to match their transaction code. But youre right, the chips will have, and do have, their flaws too.

 

[Coug]

The new chip cards are not convenient. Instead of just quickly sliding the card through the reader you have to insert the card into a special slot on the credit card reader and leave it sitting in there for what seems like forever.

 

[jvol1]

By thread title I thought it was a socialism how-to.

Carry on.

Nah, the Capitalists are more known as the opportunistic thieves.