[LINK] RFI: PayWave/PayPass Contactless Chip Cards

[Roger Clarke]

Visa PayWave and MasterCard PayPass are being progressively foisted 
on debit-card owners.  They add a contactless chip, which is on by 
default, and which makes payment without any form of authentication 
other than possession of the card and placement within a few cm of a 
reader.

I've returned the cards that have been sent to me, and will 
progressively abandon financial institutions that offer me no option. 
I recommend that other people do likewise.

A remark was made to me today that bank customers have been wrapping 
their cards in foil to stop info from being available.

Is anyone aware of any forms of consumer resistance to these things?


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Roger Clarke                                 http://www.rogerclarke.com/

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