Also called a "chip card," smart credit and debit cards adhere to the Europay, MasterCard, Visa standard (see EMV). Smart cards can also be programmed to self-destruct if the wrong password is ...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) or ‘smart cards’ are becoming more common within the rail industry and the contact-less cards allow for greater ease entering and exiting turnstiles. They are ...

which can stealthily snag the information off an RFID card at long range. If you’ve worked with passive RFID before, you know that most readers only work within inches of the card. In [Fran’s ...

Some only see the technology as a potential security liability, and will go a far as to disable the RFID chip in their card so that it can’t be read by a would-be attacker. Others think the ease ...

Refers to an identification badge or credit card that transfers its contents to the reader via RFID. See RFID and RFID tag. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...