Sunday, February 05, 2012

eTips and Traps: Here’s a potential fix for the identity theft mess









By BILL MURRAY
  • EdocMasters LLC

  • With Andy Thibault






    ... The U.S. credit card system is so vulnerable because it relies on decades-old technology in which information is encoded into a magnetic stripe on the back of the card. So-called smart cards containing computer chips are safer and already being used throughout the rest of the world. DIRECT TV and DISH Network already use a similar smart chip technology in the U.S. ...

    Column Via
    Journal Register / Digital Media First
    Connecticut Group


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