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Credit cards with radio tags speed purchases but track customers, too

By Hiawatha Bray
Globe Staff / August 14, 2006

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A new microchip technology could soon replace the magnetic strips on the back of your credit cards and then replace the cards themselves. (Full article: 806 words)

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