
Ghost Tapping: The Digital Pickpocket You Never See Coming
You never took out your wallet. You never tapped your card. You never handed anyone your phone.
And yet there's a charge on your account you don't recognize.
That's ghost tapping, and as summer festival and outdoor market season arrives, it is one of the fastest-growing contactless scams targeting people in crowded public spaces.
In this episode, we break down exactly how ghost tapping works, why it is so difficult to detect, and the five simple steps that will shut it down completely before it happens to you.
In this episode:
What NFC technology is and why your tap-to-pay card is vulnerable…
The skinny
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