Scap
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Just had my old reliable credit card expire, and a new RFID version showed up in the mail a week or so ago.
Didn't take but two days before that account ended up with a dozen fraudulent Netflix charges on it. The only thing that smells funny about the timing of the theft is that the new cards are RFID...
So, that being said, new cards have been issued. Again, with RFID, so does anyone use any of the Faraday cage wallets to block the RFIDs from getting picked up?
If you do, is it the whole wallet or just a sleeve over the card?
What about your passport? Are you blocking the RFID in it, too?
Not trying to be a tin foil hatter, but seems like a huge security flaw to have our cards and passports respond to an RF signal without our involvement.
Didn't take but two days before that account ended up with a dozen fraudulent Netflix charges on it. The only thing that smells funny about the timing of the theft is that the new cards are RFID...
So, that being said, new cards have been issued. Again, with RFID, so does anyone use any of the Faraday cage wallets to block the RFIDs from getting picked up?
If you do, is it the whole wallet or just a sleeve over the card?
What about your passport? Are you blocking the RFID in it, too?
Not trying to be a tin foil hatter, but seems like a huge security flaw to have our cards and passports respond to an RF signal without our involvement.