Los Angeles TV station warns on stealing account numbers from RFID enabled contactless credit cards

Posted by admin | Uncategorized | Wednesday 18 November 2009 11:41 am

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 »

  1. Comment by jrm523 — September 25, 2009 @ 11:01 am

    Is this a real station or just a made up advertisement?

  2. Comment by waltaugust — September 25, 2009 @ 1:05 pm

    It is real. It is KTLA.

  3. Comment by fernytiesto — October 8, 2009 @ 4:29 am

    people are next

  4. Comment by 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

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