Peratech reduces the risks of Contactless RFID

Chip and Pin was introduced to reduce skimming of credit cards, i.e. reading the information on the credit card and making a clone of it. However, the readers use mechanical contacts onto the chip embedded in the card and these are prone to failure hence the move to contactless cards which are now being trialled in the UK such as Oyster, Visa Wave and O2 Wallet.

Contactless RFID is well establ

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