FYI: Trusted Reviews | Visa Revamps Humble Credit Card.

[Brian L Johnson]

Chris Salter <ukcrypto@originalthinktank.org.uk> wrote:

> Hello Ukcrypto,
>
> FYI: Trusted Reviews | Visa Revamps Humble Credit Card.
>
> "In the biggest revamp the humble credit card has seen for many a
> moon, Visa Europe has announced the trial of an innovative new card
> designed to make shopping online and over the phone safer for
> consumers.
>
> As the photos conveniently give away, the new card incorporates a 12
> digit keypad and display on the back and a very simple system: key in
> your pin and generate your one-time security code - goodbye terrifying
> permanent number."
>
> http://www.trustedreviews.com/peripherals/news/2008/11/11/Visa-Revamps-The-Humble-Credit-Card/p1
> or
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/55h3ba


I hope that the keys don't 'shine-up' with use. If they do, after a user  
has pressed the same 4 keys over and over again, it would be possible to  
identify the PIN.

-- 
-blj-