RFID Blocking in your Wallet?

[Mike Henderson]

For those of you who are interested in a Faraday bag, what are you afraid will be stolen from your credit card?

I searched the web and didn't find any reports of people getting scammed by someone scanning their card while it was in their pocket. I haven't researched the protocol used between a reader and a card, but I expect that the designers were well aware of the risk of cards being scanned and designed the protocol to protect against it.

Mike

[Alex Zeller]

The way RFID cards work is the reader sends a signal to the card to power the chip that then sends a code back. It's range limited. If you have just one card in your wallet and the reader was close enough I could see it working but with multiple cards, I figured all the cards would send information back to the reader. So I tried it at my local hardware store. I tried using to cards at once and the reader said "chip malfunction".

[Keegan Shields]

I think you are far more likely to have an employee take a photo of your CC (front and back) when you hand it to them to pay than any of this RFID nonsense.

My buddy makes leather goods including wallets. He uses good quality leather, runs the business with his wife and daughter, made in Texas - if you want a wallet that will last for the next 10 or 20 years.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/GritMercantile

[Doug Rasmussen]

I'm in search for a new wallet now, and all the ads I get for wallets brag about how they have RFID blocking. I haven't yet decided which wallet to get, but my favorites are Von Baer, Bosca, and Ekster. The Von Baer one looks like the most luxurious one. They make sure that every detail is perfect which is why they're number 1 for me. Bosca wallets have these cool hand-stitched details with a classic design. Ekster wallets feature a card-slider mechanism which should let you get to your cards easier. This might be a gimmick, but it would be cool to try it.

[Frederick Skelly]

I'm in search for a new wallet now, and all the ads I get for wallets brag about how they have RFID blocking. I haven't yet decided which wallet to get, but my favorites are Von Baer, Bosca, and Ekster. The Von Baer one looks like the most luxurious one. They make sure that every detail is perfect which is why they're number 1 for me. Bosca wallets have these cool hand-stitched details with a classic design. Ekster wallets feature a card-slider mechanism which should let you get to your cards easier. This might be a gimmick, but it would be cool to try it.

Thank you!