Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have uncovered a critical security flaw in contactless payment processing that allows expired credit cards to be reanimated and used for fraudulent purchases.
You never know when even the biggest names in online retailers are going to store your credit card information … and then ‘oopsie’ get hacked or leak the data.
I just use Privacy. Probably not the best choice for personal privacy, considering it’s available through the app store, but at the very least the disposable digital cards help prevent that specific problem
I just got a shredder with a slot for cards, shreds the whole thing to tiny bits, infos, microchip, stripe
But yeah if you buy dumb stuff on shady websites online, nothing will save your credit card info from being scraped electronically.
Which is basically any website these days.
You never know when even the biggest names in online retailers are going to store your credit card information … and then ‘oopsie’ get hacked or leak the data.
It may not even be the website that leaks the data. It could be the payment processor they use that has a data breach.
Exactly. Just look up news about data leaks. They are basically happening constantly.
Google Pay/Apple Pay and unique card numbers per purchase, automatically
I just use Privacy. Probably not the best choice for personal privacy, considering it’s available through the app store, but at the very least the disposable digital cards help prevent that specific problem