Los Angeles TV station warns on stealing account numbers from RFID enabled contactless credit cards
Posted By: admin | 2009.11.18
This TV interview shows how easy it is to have your credit card number stolen from your purse or wallet without even touching it. New PayPass ™,Visa Wave (r), Amex Express Pay (r), and Discover zip(r) cards contain radio frequency identification – RFID – chips – that can broadcast your personal information to a remote reader. This is generally called skimming. The Identity Stronghold Secure Sleeves they show protect you from having your information stolen this way. You can buy them at www …
4 Comments:
jrm523 / September 25, 2009 11:01 am
Is this a real station or just a made up advertisement?
waltaugust / September 25, 2009 1:05 pm
It is real. It is KTLA.
fernytiesto / October 8, 2009 4:29 am
people are next
ondjima / October 23, 2009 1:21 am
why do we need it quicker? is swiping your freakin card that long of a process??? WERE GIVING MORE AND MORE OF OUR PRIVACY UP