And now your credit card has a built-in keypad
Nick | Nov 14, 2008 | Comments 0

I suppose this is a good idea, although shoppers are loathe to add yet another step to their transactions. The card has a built-in numeric keypad, and when you put in your PIN, it’ll display a security code like the one sites always ask you for now. ![]()
That makes spending a lot of money with a stolen card significantly harder if not impossible online, and if retailers would just ask for ID with the things then maybe I wouldn’t be waiting on a $570 reimbursement for the last time my card got jacked. What did he spend
You can use this to buy iTunes tracks on your biomimetric-secured lappy, then store it all on a keypad-protected hard drive.
Via Crunchgear
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