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We're still using magnetic strip technology from the 1960s; that's why crooks target U.S. payment systems for hacking.<br/><br/> If you've not seen the chip I'm talking about, it's a little silver shiny thing that is about a third of an inch square. That chip means that even if a crook can capture your card info, they can't duplicate the card.<br/><br/> When you use a card with chip and PIN, you’re required to punch in a secret code at checkout, rather than signing for a transaction.<br/><br/> Now the banks that control the bulk of our nation’s credit card portfolio have signaled their intent to switch over to chip and PIN by 2015, according to <em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908040151/http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/02/06/october-2015-the-end-of-the-swipe-and-sign-credit-card/" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal</a></em>.<br/><br/> When your credit card renews later this year and you get a new one in the mail, it will likely have a chip in it. 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