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Old 07-17-2023, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
How can tap-to-pay be skimmed? As I understand it, the process doesn't transmit your credit card number.
In addition, the information that does get sent is encrypted with one-time key. A skimmer would not be able to use the recorded information to make a purchase and would not be able to decrypt the information to see if the card number is in there.

I would be very interested in anything that says tap-to-pay can be skimmed. Google hasn't found anything for me yet.
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