Fraud Charges 2nd Time This Year. !!!! Retailers get your **** together!!!

[Crash Moses]

it's actually a little envelope type thing that has a silver lining. I think I've read you can use foil too, but yes, apparently they can scan the cards in your purse. I also think they can scan gift cards on display for sale, then somehow know when they are bought and filled with $$. it's annoying that we are so unsafe now...........

This only applies to the newer contactless credit cards that use RF technology rather than a magnetic strip to transmit data and the chip is only readable out to about 4 centimeters so the thief would have to get pretty close (although cards carried in your back pocket might be a little more susceptible to this).

If you have a standard magnetic strip type card then your card can't be scanned remotely.

 

[cags]

This only applies to the newer contactless credit cards that use RF technology rather than a magnetic strip to transmit data and the chip is only readable out to about 4 centimeters so the thief would have to get pretty close (although cards carried in your back pocket might be a little more susceptible to this).

If you have a standard magnetic strip type card then your card can't be scanned remotely.

ah, thanks for that info

 

[Caridwen]

Let this thread die already lol.

Done.