RFID Blocking Wallet

An RFID blocking wallet is designed to protect the RFID tags in your credit cards, your driving license and other bits of identification from being read by any RFID readers that you happen to pass by. There are many of these readers almost everywhere you go, supermarkets, car parks, factories, airports, bus stations, farms, you name it and they are all actively looking for RFID tags to read. OK, they are looking for relevant ID tags to read, but if you want to be sure to keep your personal data safe from prying eyes, get yourself an RFID blocking wallet.

RFID Blocking Wallet

Many people are appreciative of the convenience that RFID tagging can bring, but they are worried about RFID tagging being misused by governments and merchants. Most adults in the West, and probably in many other countries as well, carry at least one radio frequency identification tag around with them every day in their wallet. Credit cards, bank passes and ID cards usually have an RFID chip or tag in them.

The chip on your credit card will have at least your bank's name, sort code, your password or PIN and account number on it. However, it may hold whatever details your bank thinks necessary. Your security ID to get into work will have your name, works number, address and other details on it.

Therefore, if you pass by an RFID reader, it is possible for someone to pick up your name, address, bank account number, password or PIN and the name of your bank, which is why more and more people worry about an invasion of their privacy by unscrupulous governments and merchants.

A merchant could link the purchases you made in their shop with the above details and build up a dossier on you and your family's shopping habits. If you buy lots of dog food for example, they might sell some of your details to an insurance company that offers policies for pets. And they might sell it on to a vet. You end up with spam and junk mail.

That is the worst that can happen if the RFID reader is in the hands of a non-criminal, but what might happen otherwise? If you bought a family holiday for the first two weeks in August, someone knows where you live and when your house is empty.

This has lead to some people wanting an RFID blocking wallet. In fact, more and more people are looking to get an RFID blocking wallet. You can convert your existing wallet into an RFID blocking wallet quite easily, I have seen several explanations on the Internet recently.

Some say that you can make an RFID blocking wallet by inserting aluminium foil into the lining of your wallet. Others recommend affixing duct tape to the inside faces of your wallet. However, others say that neither of these methods is good enough to block a powerful RFID reader.

You could try using duct tape to stick aluminium foil to the insides of your wallet, maybe a double thickness. Or you could just buy an RFID blocking wallet from one of the merchants on this website - it is not expensive to get an RFID blocking wallet, but it will be safer.