Contactless card payments...how is this progress ??

Sporky

It's not unpossible, certainly, but I think the risk is pretty slim.

Overall you're more likely to get scammed by someone selling you an overrpriced RFID blocking wallet than by someone successfully taking money out of your card with a roaming contactless reader.

menamestom

bingefeller said:

Quick tip for credit cards / debit cards etc.  Get a small white sticker and write 4 random numbers on them (_not_ your pin, obviously).  

You say obviously.   My uncle came round to our house one day and I noticed something written on his keys.  On closer inspection it was his own address!   

Sassafras

ThePrettyDamned said:

Means I tend not to carry cash.

What's the point in cash again? 

Not many drug dealers accept cards yet.

Fretwired

Sassafras said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

Means I tend not to carry cash.

What's the point in cash again? 

Not many drug dealers accept cards yet.

They do in the posh parts of London .. pizzas are very expensive and have some interesting side orders ..

professorben

octatonic said:

vasselmeyer said:

Get the chip cut out and have it inserted under your skin. Then you can wave your hand over the sensor . Two advantages: very difficult to steal;  people will think you're a witch.

I saw someone on the tube who was wearing a top hat, a cape and carrying a cane offer the cane tip up to the sensor and was let through.

Was it Jacob Rees Mogg?
or Lucious Malfoy?

funkyfraz

It makes the world run just that little bit smoother.  If you lose your wallet with cash in it, there's no real chance of seeing that again! You'll not be held liable for a contactless payment by your bank if someone did use it. So I'd rather that happen than me lose a wallet with a score in it!

Everyone wins! Apart from the moaners who enjoy picking absolutely everything apart and looking for the worst case scenario. 

Ravenous

MattBanshee said:

vasselmeyer said:

Get the chip cut out and have it inserted under your skin. Then you can wave your hand over the sensor . Two advantages: very difficult to steal;  people will think you're a witch.

Lol at the lols - I know someone who has actually done this.

How? Surely you'd need to remove not just the chip, but also the rather large antenna built into the card?  (An antenna of some sort is needed to power the chip while the read takes place.)

oaf

This happens in Sweden already(!) although they're using your "hand chip" as ID (instead of a ticket) rather than for payment.

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/sj-rail-train-tickets-hand-implant-microchip-biometric-sweden-a7793641.html

I can't imagine why you'd want to do this to yourself.

Sassafras

I've had a small, unobtrusive ID chip implanted into my skull. It's almost unnoticeable.

bingefeller

menamestom said:

bingefeller said:

Quick tip for credit cards / debit cards etc.  Get a small white sticker and write 4 random numbers on them (_not_ your pin, obviously).  

You say obviously.   My uncle came round to our house one day and I noticed something written on his keys.  On closer inspection it was his own address!   

Damn :-(

strumjoughlamps

Anything under £30 I use my watch to pay, bloody brilliant it is

cj73

strumjoughlamps said:

Anything under £30 I use my watch to pay, bloody brilliant it is

You must have lots of watches