RFID credit cards are growing in popularity and have already been adopted by major credit card issuers. These cards use radio frequencies to allow the cardholder to pay at terminals by tapping their ...

Q: My new credit card just arrived and has the wireless symbol on it, so should I get an RFID-blocking wallet now? A: The move to include contactless payment technology on major credit cards has been ...

MasterCard has taken the wraps off its latest RFID-enabled credit card. The OneSMART PayPass card will use both Chip and PIN and RFID technology to enable contactless payments - used in the same way ...

Heard of RFID wallets but not sure what they actually do? They promise to shield your cards from invisible scans and the tech ...

All new MasterCards in Canada, as well as Visa cards from two of the big banks, supply cardholder info over radio waves. ((Canadian Press)) Most newly issued credit cards pose major fraud and privacy ...

Conspiracy theorists and civil libertarians, fear not. The U.S. government will not use radio-frequency identification tags in the passports it issues to millions of Americans in the coming years.

There are two sides to every coin. Instead of swiping or using a chip reader with your credit card, some companies offer wireless cards that you hold up to a reader for just an instant. How convenient ...

Targeting the rapidly emerging market for embedded RFID readers, two companies are introducing low-cost multiprotocol RFID readers for installation in printers and other equipment. RFID reader ...

A transmitter/receiver that reads the contents of RFID tags in the vicinity. Also called an "RFID interrogator." The maximum distance between the reader's antenna and the tag vary, depending on ...

[Fabien] ran across a very, very inexpensive RFID reader on Deal Extreme a while ago and with money to burn, added it to his cart. When the USB RFID reader arrived, he noticed something fairly odd ...

In an ambitious project designed to provide citizens with a more secure form of identification, as well as a secure method for conducting business via the Internet, Germany will begin issuing ...