https://jamesgaryjardine.com/tags/payment/Recent content in Payment on James JardineHugo -- gohugo.ioenMon, 21 Sep 2015 06:35:54 +0000https://jamesgaryjardine.com/emv-chip-cards-overview/Mon, 21 Sep 2015 06:35:54 +0000https://jamesgaryjardine.com/emv-chip-cards-overview/<p>When you shop at a store with a credit card it is typically done by swiping your card to conduct the transaction. The swiping action allows the credit card terminal to read your credit card number off of a magnetic strip on the back of the card. The downside to the magnetic strip technology is that it is very easy and cheap for the bad guys to reproduce. A common way for the bad actor to get your credit card number is to use a skimmer, a small device that goes over the normal reading mechanism, to steal the data. Once this is done, they can then create a new card with the same information and then attempt to use it at a store.</p>