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Schumer Warns on No-Swipe (RFID) Credit Cards
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 05:37:39 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes -- From the "No Duh" Department: Via Yahoo! News (AP). [snip] No-swipe credit cards that use radio waves to relay their data put consumers at increased risk of identity theft, Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday. "These cards may be convenient, but they're a double-edged sword," said Schumer, D-N.Y. Tens of millions of no-swipe credit cards have been issued in the past year. When a customer uses the credit card to make a purchase, the card is processed by a radio frequency identification reader operated by the retailer. Schumer said thieves can equip themselves with the radio frequency readers to steal information from the credit cards, which are being marketed heavily as time savers. [snip] More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061204/ap_on_hi_te/schumer_id_theft - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.1 (Build 1557) wj8DBQFFc7Qbq1pz9mNUZTMRAsvmAKCKUNeP8iMjNAaYsevEqj4WMW1UpgCgkxSe EoaY25igXJsofsq+0XcWkoE= =6PbK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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