
SmartSwipe Card Reader Keeps You Safe Shopping Online


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How is the data decrypted then? Surely no payment can actually be made if they do not know what the original details are? However, I’d like to see banks issuing these for free.
It sounds like it encrypts the cc information and types it into the credit card number, and maybe expiration fields, which seems to save some typing, but I don’t see the security benefit. The credit card number has be entered in plain text on every shopping website I’ve ever used. Do they really think a hacker is snooping the credit card number between my eyes reading it and my fingers typing it?
Let me preface by saying that I work for the company. I just want to clarify any misconceptions, as a lot of people have a lot of questions about how it works. We use a new process called “Dynamic SSL” to secure the data, that guarantees that it stays secure the whole time. Your card data is never put in plaintext into the browser. If you want to know how it works, you can see an explanation on http://www.dynamic-ssl.com.