Saturday, March 26, 2011

Electronic Pickpocketing

We heard that people had been robbed, pick pocketed while walking on the street but have you heard about someone pick pocketed online? The term pickpocket is simply stealing one's possession and to avoid being a victim of electronic pickpocketing you should be careful of your debit and credit cards especially when paying online. Most cards have chips on it and it may contain lots of information or data about you. Hackers can get that chip and using an RFID reader, it may reveal all you info which could pose a risk of information stolen from you. The risk is still there even the card is keep inside a wallet as there are some powerful RFID readers that could read your credit card number and expiry date.