A South Korean company called Shinhan Card unveiled yesterday a new kind of USB CREDIT CARD. The device functions as a contactless credit card at stores. In order to use it for online purchases, you just insert it into your PC's USB drive. It enters your credit card information for you.
29 December 2007
USB Credit Card Launched In South Korea
A South Korean company called Shinhan Card unveiled yesterday a new kind of USB CREDIT CARD. The device functions as a contactless credit card at stores. In order to use it for online purchases, you just insert it into your PC's USB drive. It enters your credit card information for you.
This device sounds dangerous and unsecure. I would not like to have a "device" entering my credit or debit information without knowing exactly what it is entering.
ReplyDeleteAnother question, so if a person has to insert it on their own computer, does one have to take their computer shopping with them? That's the way it sounds from the article.