[LINK] RFI: Contactless Credit Cards in Oz

[Kim Holburn]

I'm not sure about "verified".  But how close does it have to be?  Can  
a "merchant" skim a transaction from cards in the pockets of passers by?

Kim

On 2010/Jan/06, at 3:51 PM, Scott Howard wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Ivan Trundle <ivan at itrundle.com>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm not impressed, since I cannot see how a purchase can be truly  
>> verified.
>>
>
> How is that different to most credit card payments now days?
>
> Many places in the US don't even require a signature/PIN for small  
> purchase
> as long as the card is swiped.
>
>  Scott
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