In the 21st century, technology appears to be working smoothly in different stores, and many credit card users cannot identify the way of its uses and what these smart chips do. Various myths are noticed in the case of using chip credit cards, and the major four will be discussed in a particular way.
These are as follows:
Myth 1: These chip credit cards are considered a new technology
Myth 2: Chip credit cards can prevent different fraudulent transactions
Myth 3: If you want to carry your chip credit card, then assure a special kind of wallet to protect
Meth 4: All Americans can use chip credit cards abroad without any technical problems
The use of microchips within credit cards in the US since 1980 and that are continuously implemented day-by-day. EMV was created 20 years ago for Europay, MasterCard, and Visa. Microchip technology is being deployed in the US. It is designed to combat a specific fraud known as cloning. A phone credit card is made to use stolen data from the card’s magnetic strip and is hacked in some different way. . In such accordance, there are other active pathways for criminals to steal data and commit fraudulent credit cards.
Microchip technology is increasing randomly to prevent multiple kinds of fraud cases regarding financial transactions. Besides, these chip cards have great importance for preventing fraud calls and electronic hacking data of counterfeit cards. Moreover, “card not present Transaction” is too required for the safety of the money transaction. Along with that, the score of credit cards is stored through the chip cards. The myth about this credit chip is that anyone next to you tries to hack a chip card without touching it, mostly including different payment technologies like NFC (Near Field Communications) and RFID (Radio Field Identification). After that, these two are considered wireless protocols and can be conceivably infringed in particular circumstances.
In the US, chip and signature protocols are utilized in most credit cards, where a signature is required to authenticate the transaction. On the other hand, Chip and pin protocols are also implemented to ensure an individual’s transaction safety. By the way, the US is not compatible with the Chip and pin protocol.
Link:
https://www.cbsnews.com/media/5-chip-credit-card-myths-busted/
Dr. Diana Rangaves, PharmD 