Credit Card with Embedded Authentication Device

Identity theft is quite common in todays world with accounts and credit card being stolen easily. Once you provide an untrusted website with your credit card information they can reuse that information for their personal use.

Innovative Card Technologies and eMue Technologies have created jointly created the Credit Card Embedded Authentication Device. It is a next-generation credit card that incorporates a 12-button keyboard, a microprocessor and an embedded alphanumeric display promises to provide unprecedented security in phone and online banking transactions.

A user can enter his or her secret PIN into the card’s keypad to receive a numeric passcode for one-time use. To authorize a banking transaction, the passcode is entered into an interface and instantly validated by an authentication server.

Alfred

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4 Comments

November 21, 2009 at 3:54 pm

Joel - Credit Card Chaser

Oooh I like this – this is similar to the Safe Pass card that Bank of America uses in a way.
.-= Joel – Credit Card Chaser´s last blog ..Credit Cards & Bankruptcy: A Visual Tragedy =-.
March 9, 2009 at 7:11 am

KG

A great little invention. It looks like it should be a calculator too.
September 23, 2008 at 2:38 am

incececic

omg.. good work, guy
April 22, 2008 at 1:04 am

kingsam24

Hi guys,

There’s a research company that seems to be doing an online study on
issues that credit card users face. They have a site http://www.ihatemycard.com
where you can go and ‘vote out your woe’ as they call it. Check it
out…

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