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Visa, Nokia Launch Phone Payment Project
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:50:47 GMT
Personally, I think this just might be a major security snafu just waiting to be exploited. One thing for sure -- I won't be using it. In fact, I won't use any proximity "tap-and-go" e-money devices, at least until security issues are addressed in a major way. Via Yahoo! News (AP). [snip] Visa International and Finnish cell phone maker Nokia Corp. jointly released the world's first credit card payment pilot system in Malaysia, allowing consumers to shop and pay using their mobile phones. The "Mobile Visa Wave Payment Pilot" project marks the first step in plans to turn mobile phones into electronic wallets for consumers, officials said. It builds on the Visa Wave smart card technology that uses radio frequencies to eliminate the need to swipe credit card into a reader. Customers wave cards in front of the reader to make payments, similar to "touch and go" cards used in transport systems. [snip] More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060427/ap_on_hi_te/malaysia_visa_nokia - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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