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Smartphones Used to Remotely Read Credit Card Data

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Art, just a re(tired) Fil-Am:
http://www.infopackets.com/news/security/2013/20130426_smartphones_used_to_remotely_read_credit_card_data.htm

Smartphones Used to Remotely Read Credit Card Data

Most of us carry credit and debit cards equipped with a special chip that makes it faster and easier to buy an item. But new applications available for the latest smartphones could give scam artists an opportunity to make charges on your credit card account.
The cards feature a chip that allows customers to tap or quickly swipe their cards in order to make a purchase.
However, Near Field Communication (NFC) technology could place users of those cards at risk. That's because NFC applications, which can be downloaded to Google Android-based smartphones, can be used to acquire information about a card user.

Security expert Michael Legary says his firm, Seccuris Inc., has been involved in several cases where NFC-equipped phones were used to rip off credit card users.
In those cases, Legary says NFC was used by scam artists to purchase "anything from a $1.50 drink from a drink machine to a $4,000 to $5,000 laptop."
In fact, Legary says that NFC technology is now becoming a favorite tool of organized crime syndicates in Europe.
"They don't even need to talk to you or touch you, they can get information about who you are," Legary said. "That may make you more of a target for certain types of crime." (Source: huffingtonpost.com)
Visa and MasterCard told the CBC that they don't know of any cases where this kind of fraud has been carried out. However, both companies say they would be willing to reimburse a customer affected by such a scam.

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Big Jim:
Right now, they have to be within 10cm.
 
My card is the top pocket of my shirt. The only person getting that close to my shirt top pocket is my girlfriend.
 
I imagine if the card is in a wallet in your back pocket, it will make it easier to scan unnoticed.

Beancounter:
As far as I know this only applies to the "contactless" cards, which are not the same as the usual chip and pin cards, as the normal ones do not contain any transmitter.

Personally, I won't carry a contactless card yet too many security flaws, but they will come

Art, just a re(tired) Fil-Am:

--- Quote from: Beancounter on April 27, 2013, 02:31:36 PM ---As far as I know this only applies to the "contactless" cards, which are not the same as the usual chip and pin cards, as the normal ones do not contain any transmitter.
Personally, I won't carry a contactless card yet too many security flaws, but they will come

--- End quote ---
Here you go for future use, just in case you need an anti-RFID aluminum wallet!
They are sold at Walmart and or on eBay and else where I'm sure! ???

http://www.walmart.com/ip/As-Seen-on-TV-Aluma-Wallet-Extra-Large-Graphite/20710589

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Deluxe-Aluma-Wallet-Credit-Card-Holder-Anti-RFID-Scanning-Aluminum-Case-/130804142945

BudM:
I have a couple of those Art.  In fact, I got three of them a little over a year ago and my gf confiscated one of them for her cards and stuff when I was showing her them on cam.  So, I had to take one of them to her last time I went.

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