[LINK] RFI: Contactless Credit Cards in Oz

[Ivan Trundle]

On 06/01/2010, at 4:06 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:

> 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?

I'm not so much concerned about surreptitious access to the card as I am by reprobates stealing the card and using it for transactions all over the place.

iT

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> Kim
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> 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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