This is the age of plastic money. It’s not uncommon for the typical consumer in the western world to go weeks at a time without ever handling a coin or bill. Everything we need is available to us with the simple “swik-swik’ sound of a credit card sliding through a reader. Supplies for the office, flowers for the wife, meals and drinks out, and an endless supply of useful products available for sale through the Internet can all be bought with naught a cent to be seen.
The big question is: “How safe is all this plastic?”
Cash has its obvious benefits. When you buy a sandwich for $2.95 and you hand the cashier a $5 bill, you know you haven’t been ripped off when he hands you $2.05 right then and there. But when you hand your card to a waitress at the local chain restaurant, how do you know she hasn’t taken a moment to sneak into the office and copy your card number and signature? You don’t, and the implications of this question are having a serious effect on credit card companies and the merchants they do business with.
In response to these issues, the big credit card companies have developed more secure ways...
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