Chapter 45. Radio frequency cards
“Instant gratification takes too long” was a great line uttered by Meryl Streep in the 1990 movie Postcards from the Edge.
Apparently, the credit card companies have adopted this as their motto. It just takes so damn long to process a credit card purchase. And then there is that interminable time it takes to sign a credit card slip. So, utilizing the latest technology, they have come up with credit cards embedded with radio-frequency tags. Now all you have to do is merely wave your credit card in front of a scanner. No swiping your credit card through a machine, no signature, no muss, no fuss. And no security. That’s because identity thieves, also using the latest technology, can take the information off of your ...
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