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Contactless Credit Cards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-crowd-me-in-line dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to his article in EETimes, Visa and Philips are teaming up to introduce a so-called "contactless credit card". Basically it'll work like the proximity cards many of us use for access to our places of work or apartments. You won't need to physically swipe it, simply waving it over a reader is good enough."

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  1. Contactless? Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They won't know where to send the bill!

  2. Perfect business opportunity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shielded wallets/credit card holders. Someone call ThinkGeek.

    1. Re:Perfect business opportunity by GnarlyNome · · Score: 5, Funny

      How about the RFID tag in the tinfoil?

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  3. Contactless credit cards? by cperciva · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been using a contactless credit card for years. I type the number into an HTML form, and my card never comes within the same city as the merchant I'm purchasing something from. For that matter, it sometimes isn't in the same city as I am when I'm making the purchase -- for a couple months last year it was on a different continent.

    In fact... let me see here... no, I still haven't gotten around to signing the back.

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  4. Comments by proxy by NeoPotato · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not a new concept. We already practice it here at Slashdot - we don't even have to read the article, we just get near the story and start spouting off comments.

  5. I can see a new Amazon patent by DannyiMac · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can see Amazon patenting 0-click technology with this...

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