SMART CARDS- UTILITY, APPLICATIONS AND VULNERABILITIES

The Internet has taken its place beside the telephone and television as an important part of people’s lives. Consumers use the Internet to shop, bank and invest online. Most consumers use credit or debit cards to pay for online purchases, but other payment methods, like “e-wallets, ” are becoming more common. But not all the payments are safe there are a lot of fake sites, hackers, viruses. 1