A magnetic stripe card is a type of credit or other card that allows the user to make electronic transactions or obtain entry to a particular space. The "stripe" contains embedded information that ...

A 1970s programmable calculator from Sharp approached the problem with magnetic strips on special cards, and since [Menadue] has one with no cards, he set about making his own. These cards are a ...

Mastercard last week announced that its cards will no longer be issued with the magnetic stripe by 2029, which will presumably include Apple Card. The magnetic stripe was an early 1960s technology ...

Now, it's time to prepare a eulogy to a gadget that's been an even bigger part of the American landscape for a much longer time -- the magnetic stripe credit card. An ingenious technology in its ...

Traditional credit cards feature a magnetic strip on the back, which stores important information such as your card number, expiration date, and security code. This magnetic strip is susceptible ...

Thieves are still able to steal information from cards' magnetic strips. — -- When it comes to stealing credit card information, it's unfortunately as easy as swiping your card in any ...

The UK moved to chip-and-pin for all card payments in 2006, but in the US, some magnetic strip systems are still in use. Mastercard says chip-and-pin and new biometric cards, external that use ...

[anfractuosus] has been reading magnetic stripe card… optically! While hackers routinely read and write stripe cards, this is the first time we’ve reported on optically imaging and decoding ...

Is the dark, broad magnetic strip on the back of the credit cards that you–or your customers–swipe during purchases going the way of the eight-track tape player and dial-up modem? That ...

Eventually, one day, your fancy physical titanium Apple Card will no longer have a magnetic stripe. If you’re familiar with the headache of putting it through the wrong way the first time since ...

Mastercard is to stop issuing cards with a magnetic strip. By 2033, none of its debit or credit cards will have a strip, with banks in many regions including Europe able to issue the strip-less ...