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Is This the End of Plastic? Visa's New Technology Could Replace Physical Cards (www.cnet.com)
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[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Physical cards are harder to mess with then a phone. Physical cards are safer.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Until you get hit by a card skimmer. Encrypted NFC is safer than a physical card.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

and how, pray tell, do you think contactless cards work?

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I was referring to services like Apple Pay

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