RFID Blocking Wallet
Posted by Sean Fallon on November 28, 2006
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If you have been searching for the perfect holiday gift for that guy you know who always thinks he is being “watched,” look no further than the RFID Blocking Wallet.
How can the RFID Blocking Wallet protect you? Consider the following scenarios:
“A shadowy character crouches unseen in the bushes. He doesn’t have a gun or a knife, but he has a laptop. He watches as his prey walks by. Invisible radio waves emitting from the credit-card in his wallet get picked up by the laptop, recorded, and saved onto a cloned card. For all intents and purposes, this man becomes you, and has decided to go shopping. Or maybe he picked up the passkey that lets you into your office building. With ease, he can now walk into your secure office building and steal your company’s equipment. The next morning, security guards are waiting in your cube to have a chat.”
How about this gem:
“The nightmare scenario was brought forth recently - a bomb lies waiting in a garbage can. Sensitive electronics read the identification cards and passports of the people who walk by, waiting until somebody of your nationality comes close…“
The RFID Wallet is made of leather and features a built in Faraday cage to block RFID transmissions. It’s available for $19.99 from ThinkGeek. And if you’re considering buying that I have a high quality tin foil hat to sell you.
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