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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.

4 of 382 comments (clear)

  1. cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    cool oh and fuck you nerds

  2. Fun Facts about Negroes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Blacks committed 52.1% of all homicides in the US from 1976-2002

    Between 1976-2002 Blacks committed 52.1% of all homocides, and 59.2% of felony murders.

    Blacks make up 12% of the US population, but commit over half of all homocides and nearly two thirds of all felony murders.

    [remember those subhuman jungle monkeys at the Superdome?]

  3. think again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LAMER

  4. Re:Theft! by Ark42 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Generally, you can probably buy something and just say its fraud, keep the item, and get your money back with no hassle, if you don't do it that often. CC Companies and banks don't care one way or another, they do not take ANY of the hit from a chargeback. The entire chargeback comes from the merchant, on top of a chargeback fee of at least $35, so only the mercahnts are hurt.

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    Morphing Software