Yes, tap-to-pay is less vulnerable to credit card skimming than swiping or inserting

For years headlines have warned of card skimmers at the pump that let criminals steal your credit card information with just a swipe. With new contactless technologies like tap to pay, people are wondering how safe they are. Here’s what we found.
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[@alwayzoctober]

W for putting the answer in the title.

[@timbog1913]

They get a subscription for this

[@rickharrell4527]

Is Apple Pay safer than credit cards?

[@josephjoestar515]

It works on the same principle, so its on-par if not a bit more secure.

[@craigcraig6744]

You can buy a flipper right now and with a little knowledge, grab credit card info of people around you. You'd just need to boost the flipper signal. You don't get the CCV number, but not every web transaction requires it at the moment. This is NOT more secure.

[@SillyOmega]

Wrong because payment is tokenized.