We’ll explore the benefits of using chip cards, clear up some common misunderstandings, and look at what the future holds for this technology. Credit card chip technology is safer than magnetic ...

This is possible because the smart chip on many credit cards contains a diode. It’s then a simple matter of hooking up the right pads on the credit card to the rest of a crystal radio circuit ...

Crooks can still capture your card information from a chip card using a technique called shimming. Shimming allows criminals to create fake credit cards ... has set up a website for victims ...