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Peratech Offers Solution to Growing Problem of Contactless Card Fraud

Incorporating an ultra-thin switch into credit card or passport so that it is always off unless the owner is actually pressing the switch for NFC

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Nearly five years ago, Peratech, the innovators in touch technology, warned of the possible fraud problems of data, money and identity theft from the use of RFID for Near Field Communications (NFC) in contactless access control, passports and credit cards. Known as skimming, thieves can use easily available electronics or a smartphone to read the data on such devices without the owner even knowing that it is happening as it can be done from a distance of several feet. The problem has recently be...

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