RFID shielding

I once saw a TV show where a woman was walking down a busy sidewalk, not doing anything in particular, not even bumping into the people she passed.  She seemed innocent, but she had a RF reader in her bag that was scanning the RFID-enabled cards inside the wallets of everyone she passed, and she [...]

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Supposedly, your cellphone still sends out information to the service provider about your activities even after you’ve turned it off.  If you want to make sure that no one can track those signals, you need a case or bag from MIAmobi.  The lining in these bags contains colloidal silver, which blocks all radio frequencies to/from [...]

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These purse organizers were originally designed to keep women’s purses organized and to make it simpler to change bags, but I don’t see any reason why guys couldn’t make use of them in gear bags, too.  This Travelon RFID Blocking Purse Organizer has  a woven metallic fabric sandwiched inside the walls to protect RFID cards [...]

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If you’d like to protect your cards with RFID chips – like drivers licenses in some states, credit cards, and passports – from being scanned without your knowledge, you have several wallets to choose from.  However, you can now protect individual cards without having to replace your wallet.  The practical_pats store at eBay offers Tyvek [...]

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Most stainless-steel wallets seem to be made for men, but Hammacher Schlemmer has one designed just for women.  The wallet is 7.5″ W x 4.25″ H x 1″ D, and it is woven from 25,000 stainless steel fibers only 0.001″ thick.  H-S says “ impervious to stretching or staining and resistant to corrosive salts and acids, the [...]

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Sitting on a wallet the size of a brick can cause back pain.  Wallets in the back pocket are also an easier target for pick-pockets.  You can eliminate both risks by switching to the Rogue Wallet, a front-pocket wallet designed by a man with back problems.  The Rogue wallet is shaped to fit into the [...]

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