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April 10, 2006
Why are some techies microwaving their MasterCard?
Monetary militants are leery of their new MasterCard PayPass ATM cards, which contain embedded radio chips, according to a front page Wall Street Journal article on Tuesday. (Subscription required.)
The radio frequency identity (RFID) chip transfers users' account information via radio waves when the card is within a few inches of a checkout reader. Tech experts are anxious about the potential abuses of the technology, leading some to hammer or microwave their cards to ruin the chip.
Posted by Beth Davidz at April 10, 2006 11:35 PM
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