erm this article is just plain incorrect. UK Chip and pin bank cards are smart cards that require physical contact with the chip. They don't use RFID technology at all.
The vulnerability comes from out of date equiptment elsewhere in the world and shoddy monitoring by banks who fail to spot fraudulent use of a card. Nothing to do with any inherent flaws with smart card technology itself.
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erm this article is just plain incorrect. UK Chip and pin bank cards are smart cards that require physical contact with the chip. They don't use RFID technology at all.
The vulnerability comes from out of date equiptment elsewhere in the world and shoddy monitoring by banks who fail to spot fraudulent use of a card. Nothing to do with any inherent flaws with smart card technology itself.