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What About "Smart" Credit Cards?

Posted by Hemos on from the anything-known dept.

Platypii writes "After seeing many ads on TV and around the Internet for the "smart" credit cards (both major companies now have them I believe), I became curious about them. The Visa website was rather vague about it, and only proclaimed dreams of merging all your cards -- of whatever type -- into one. Anyone know the technical details of these cards? The privacy aspects?"

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  1. Re:The Card knows... by Swaffs · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Are you kidding me? Stupid purchases are how credit card companies make money. The whole idea is that you can buy whatever you want without worrying about whether or not you actually have the money to pay for it, and without committing the actual act of forking over cash and emptying your wallet, which might cause you to think twice.

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