
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


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:
Your five-step protection plan:
📚 Resources & Community:
🎧 Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_azkW_NfGZE
📖 Full transcript and blog post: https://www.tech4grownups.com/post/transcript-episode-13-ghost-tapping-the-digital-pickpocket-you-never-see-coming-full-episode-t
Tech 4 Grown-Ups is a weekly podcast for adults 55 and over covering digital safety, privacy, online scams, and technology; in plain language, with no jargon.
By Tech 4 Grown-UpsYou 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:
Your five-step protection plan:
📚 Resources & Community:
🎧 Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_azkW_NfGZE
📖 Full transcript and blog post: https://www.tech4grownups.com/post/transcript-episode-13-ghost-tapping-the-digital-pickpocket-you-never-see-coming-full-episode-t
Tech 4 Grown-Ups is a weekly podcast for adults 55 and over covering digital safety, privacy, online scams, and technology; in plain language, with no jargon.