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07:46 7th June 2011
The development of contactless mobile payments won't suffer from a serious threat from malware, according to Mike Hawkes, chairman of the Mobile Data Association (MDA).
He appeases fears that the new technology would be exposed to cyber crime because it would be "very difficult" to translate "conventional viral models" to mobile networks.
"It's somewhat more difficult to put out a virus that will work across all devices," he said.
"There are a lot of potential targets there, [but] there are controls - obviously the transaction limit and top-up limit are nods in that direction," he explained.
Mobile network operators also take a proactive approach to protecting their clients, the expert went on to say.
Mr Hawkes added that rogue near-field readers used to transact contactless mobile payments were "probably more of a concern at this stage than the malware".
His views emerged as Google said it will enter the contactless mobile payments arena this summer.
Posted by Derek Oldman
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