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QazyQltr 12-07-2010 07:01 AM

Thanks for the heads up!! Scary!

emptyshellamy 12-07-2010 07:05 AM

If you watch it til the very end you can tell if your cards are vulnerable. Thank goodness my bank stopped using that type a few years ago.

Thanks for the link!

ptquilts 12-07-2010 07:45 AM

great, just showed criminals how easy it is to do that.

amma 12-07-2010 09:10 AM

Thank you for posting this :D:D:D

wanderingcreek 12-07-2010 09:20 AM

OMG it is frightening what the criminals can do. Nothing is safe anymore.

CarrieAnne 12-07-2010 09:26 AM

Thanks for posting!

nativetexan 12-07-2010 10:23 AM

yes, i get alert emails from mine and it's only them telling me my payment has been posted. talk about worriesome for a few moments!

Magdalena 12-07-2010 10:29 AM

wow, Wow, WOW!

pinecone 12-07-2010 11:20 AM

could someone post the info? I have dial-up so watching videos is out. :( Hope mine isn't in danger.

piney

ptquilts 12-07-2010 11:27 AM

Apparently if you have a CC with a RFID (radio frequency) chip in it, someone with a scanner can get close to you in a crowd and pick up your CC number and exp. date while the card is in your wallet.
They did not say it has been done, just that it is possible. There is symbol on cards that are so enabled, I checked all mine and none of them are. If you have one of those cards you just have to hold it near (not slide it through) when you are buying something. Sort of like a Speedpass. That is what I got out of it.

PS the symbol looks sort of like this )))


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