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MasterCard To Distribute RFID Credit Cards

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the next-stop-rfid-theft dept.

wellington writes "Reuters is reporting that MasterCard expects to have 4 million "pay pass" cards in circulation by year's end. These new cards will be equipped with a radio-frequency chip that allows customers to pay for purchases by simply waving their cards at readers posted near cash registers or gas pumps." The cards, previously covered on Slashdot, were announced earlier this year.

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  1. Re:Shoplifting by jamesh · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And the security guards will jump you when you walk _into_ the store if you don't have a credit card on you, since obviously you are there to steal stuff.

  2. They will go the extra mile to rid the kinks... by icecow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The next natural step is to install dozens of hi-res video cameras in check out areas, snap pictures of people when as they enter the front sliding doors, and at check out areas. That alone almost sounds good. The problem is they will only show the parts of video tape they want to. That's scary. The police are doing that sort of thing now. It might also make it 'reasonable' to scan people at the door for criminal electronic devices.. Like Ipods! MwaHahaAhaHA..

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