The future of credit-card security may involve blinking numbers


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 07 Dec 2016

The use of chip cards instead of the magnetic-stripe credit cards has caused more holiday-season thieves to move toward online shopping fraud. (Dreamstime)

Your credit cards may start winking at you soon in an effort to keep your data safe. 

French digital security company Oberthur Technologies has developed a digital display powered by a micro-thin battery. It will change the three or four-digit CVV number – that stands for credit verification value – on the back of credit and debit cards as often as 72 times every 24 hours. 

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