Contactless payments: are we sacrificing security for convenience?

Danny Palmer
clock

Danny Palmer investigates whether contactless card payments could see us handing our details to cyber criminals, all for the sake of buying a coffee a little quicker

It has been eight years since Chip and PIN was rolled out as a payment method in UK stores, a move which stopped us all having to sign for a newspaper and chocolate bar. It also made debit cards mo...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
Epic Games hacker isn't a hacker, at all

Security

Describe themselves as 'criminal geniuses'

clock 05 March 2024 • 2 min read
NAO chief urges reforms for £20 billion public sector savings

Government

Important to take 'calculated risks' and avoid 'IT mega projects'

clock 17 January 2024 • 3 min read
ShinyHunters member gets three years for hacking spree

Hacking

Sebastien Raoult and accomplices were responsible for $6 million+ in financial damage

clock 11 January 2024 • 2 min read

More on Threats and Risks

Apple M-series CPU vulnerability enables attackers to purloin cryptographic keys from Macs

Apple M-series CPU vulnerability enables attackers to purloin cryptographic keys from Macs

US researchers find baked-in flaw

Graeme Burton
clock 22 March 2024 • 2 min read
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan warns of 'digital Pearl Harbor' targeting infrastructure

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan warns of 'digital Pearl Harbor' targeting infrastructure

White House warns of 'disabling cyberattacks' by Iran and China

Graeme Burton
clock 21 March 2024 • 3 min read
Fujitsu exposed client data, AWS keys and passwords for nearly a year, report

Fujitsu exposed client data, AWS keys and passwords for nearly a year, report

Unanswered questions about how many unauthorised parties may have accessed the sensitive information

clock 21 March 2024 • 3 min read