Although this feature, which is in nearly every credit card, makes checking out a breeze...
It also makes your identity more vulnerable than it’s ever been.
Because the chip that allows this easy checkout is known as a “radio frequency identification” and identity thieves can read it from up to 37 feet away using a scanner.
Even if it’s buried in your purse or hidden deep inside your wallet.
Which is why identity theft has started growing at a rapid rate since 2020 as you can see in the graph below.
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