New Technology, New Concerns

New phones that respond before you can think (see my next blog) and now new Credit Cards that are tapped, not swiped.  When my daughters received new tapped cards, I did not give it to them for fear it would be so easy to mistakenly tap, tap, tap up a huge debt. 

My husband recently heard that the reason his credit cards did not work in one European restaurant was because they no longer accepted the "swipe" cards; only the "tap" credit cards. 

AND, consequently, consumers are discovering that thieves can walk by and scan the "tap" card in their pocket.  It seems consumers are in a No Win Zone; especially, when the credit card issuers don't include a security FRID sleeve for the card they send to you. 

While googling "tapped" credit cards, I discovered other useful credit card security sites.   

All featured below:

High-Tech Credit Cards Vulnerable to Thieves
http://www.wlwt.com/r/23681530/detail.html


Electronic pick-pocketing by Snopes.com 

Are big-name stores making it easy for credit card thieves?

There are stainless steel wallets for $19.99.

                              AND the WINNER IS!

How to make a duct taped wallet to secure your credit card FRID Chips.

 GOOD LUCK