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Contactless is even less secure than chip and pin. You can literally read card details out of someone's wallet without them having any way to tell. Even if some
by ZenoArrow 10y ago
Contactless is even less secure than chip and pin. You can literally read card details out of someone's wallet without them having any way to tell. Even if someone uses a wallet that guards against this sort of attack, they're still vulnerable at the point of use.
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- gambiting 10y agoThat's RFID. Yeah, you can read that with a $5 reader off ebay. I'm talking about Visa PayWave/Mastercard PayPass - both work through NFC and won't surrender any data to a normal reader, you need an authorized terminal that can give an authorization key valid for a given time. There were some attacks against it, but you can't just swipe a card through a wallet, it's extremely time sensitive and requires access to a valid terminal.
- literallycancer 10y agoUsually, you would limit the contactless transactions and ask for a PIN for higher amounts. E.g. you could ride the subway trying to scan people's cards, but if you have the skills to do that, you'd probably be better off doing something else.