Scam Alert: Hands-Free Pickpocketing; Electronic Readers ...

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The chips transmit data a short distance through the air when activated by an external electromagnetic signal, making it possible for you to pay for something just by waving your card in front of a sensor.

But this also means that a scammer could walk through a crowd waving a small reader device near people's pockets and handbags to read the plastic inside without...

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