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The chip in a credit card is just a circuit, right? They're not magnetic? (pawb.social)

submitted 6 days ago by Kolanaki@pawb.social to c/pillow_talk@lemmy.world

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Because every single csrd in my wallet no longer has its chip read (get an error when inserting) and have to use the tap to pay system instead.

I have had this happen way back when I first got a bank account as a teen, before the chip, because I got too close to an electro magnet; but that was when they only had the magnetic strip. AFAIK the chip is just a chip.

So how/why are all my cards fucked up at the same time? 🤨

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[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

They're NFC chips, so it can still be affected by a variable magnetic field.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 6 days ago

Isn't the NFC part the tap and pay thing?