Whatever you do, don’t give this programmable payment card to your waiter

Posted on Apr 10, 2018

Whatever you do, don’t give this programmable payment card to your waiter

The makers of the programmable Fuze smart card say it’s powerful enough to be your wallet in one card yet secure enough to be used the same way as traditional payment cards—including trusting it to restaurant servers when paying the bill. But it turns out that convenience comes with a major catch. A flaw makes it possible for anyone with even brief physical control of the card to surreptitiously siphon all data stored on the device.

Source: arstechnica.com