"The designer knows that he has reached perfection, not when there is nothing to add, but when there is nothing to be taken away" said famous French writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry. He was right and, despite being way ahead of its time – this quote perfectly defines the current trend for minimalism.

Minimalism An Understated Elegance

Minimalism in fashion is characterised by an understated, low key, elegance. A reduced colour palette with a definite preference for monochrome. Simple accessories, high quality materials, sleek silhouettes and precision tailoring are the key elements.

Functional Fashion

As well as clothing, the trend for minimalism continues to influence the design of fashion accessories which we use daily like wallets and bags. Whilst being primarily functional objects, accessories like bags and wallets are still sought after fashion accessories in their own right. As well as reflecting the individual style of the owner, they also have to be robust enough to stand up to daily use.

A new breed of high tech, minimalist wallets offer this blend of style, form and function, so in keeping with the minimalist aesthetic.

Slim and Stylish

Minimalist wallets tend to have a more urban, modernist look and come in a range of materials from traditional leather to carbon fibre. Lightweight and slim, they are popular with those who want to have quick access to their wallet. Small enough for a front pocket or suit pocket which keeps them accessible.

Take what you need

Designed for your everyday carry – minimalism is more than just an aesthetic movement – it is a way of life. Products which are designed to carry what you need, and only what you need are becoming increasingly popular as we ditch our bulky, old fashioned wallets in favour of a more modern alternative, designed for modern life.

RFIDSecur Wallet

We have designed our new secure wallet to deliver a perfect balance between form and function. The sleek, minimalist design is understated with an urban edge. Made from robust materials with our RFID blocking fabric at its core, it protects your cards from being read without your knowledge. It has an innovative and unique retractable tray on either side. You need only slide your card out to be read before it automatically retracts, securing your cards once more. It is designed for singlehanded use and is therefore perfectly suited to travelling, commuting and sports.

We believe it is the perfect, design led, minimalist wallet!

On Kickstarter…

For more information on our wallet and to find our about our Kickstarter campaign and keep up to date with our progress, click here.

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The wallet is one of those essential accessories that are designed to keep our personal identification, cash, and credit cards organised and safe. In the recent past, the type of wallet we chose usually depended on our personal needs. Design used to be a minor factor in the buying process. As long as there were enough slots for our cards, and the wallet was made from a durable material, such as leather or canvas, the design was not all that important. However, times are changing in the accessories industry. Functionality and style are no longer mutually exclusive.

Contemporary Wallets and Accessories

The world of accessories has had to adapt to new advances in technology, and an evolution of style has meant that consumers are looking for a wallet that is functional, but also slick and polished. When it comes to wallets, functionality on its own is no longer enough, and neither is design.

Modern wallets range from the weird and wacky, to the ingenious and innovative. In a market saturated with so much choice, for a wallet to stand out amongst the thousands available, it needs to have unique design features that set it apart from its competition. Additionally, for a wallet to remain on trend throughout many seasons, it needs to have a design that is sleek, contemporary, and stylish.

Wallet Design Innovations

The contemporary accessories industry has gone far beyond the traditional, in fact the possibilities are endless. Many wallets have become more lightweight and multi-functional than their predecessors, whilst retaining the classic style. Whereas others have pushed the boundaries of design, using unconventional materials such as recycled cans, plastic bottles, or even car tyres. There are wallets that take the shape of surprising everyday items, like taco shells and old cassette tapes. Furthermore, fans of standout designs can purchase wallets adorned with quirky prints from comic strips or vintage magazines.

Express Your Personal Style With A Unique Wallet

A wallet with a unique design is one of many ways you can express your personal style. They are no longer just an essential item to keep your cards and personal items safe, they are also a way to show off an element of your personality. Trendsetting men and women know that a wallet is an essential accessory that can also give their whole 'look' an extra contemporary edge.

Contemporary Wallets Favour A Minimalist Design

A wallet with a slim and minimalist design will still fit all necessary cards and personal items, whilst also fitting sleekly into a front or back pocket, without affecting the style and fit of a pair of well tailored trousers, jeans or jacket. An added benefit of a wallet not being easily visible through clothing, is that you will be less of a target to pickpockets or other opportunistic thieves. A minimalist wallet will also allow quick access to cards and cash, whilst still keeping your sensitive information and possessions safe.

On Trend Wallets for 2019

Leather is a timeless textile choice for on trend slim line wallets as it is both flexible and durable. However, a shift towards eco-friendly fashion has seen a rise in the use of ethical and recycled materials. Other features to look out for in on trend accessories in 2019 includes:

Wallets With RFID Blocking Technology

High-tech wallets have been developed that have the capacity to keep personal details safe, in a fast-paced, urban environment. In a world where contactless payments are the norm, our card details are vulnerable to being intercepted due to their Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID). Thankfully, new RFID-blocking wallets prevent the electronically-stored information on your cards from being intercepted and stolen, which is a real benefit to security. Additionally, RFID-secure wallets are associated with a sleek metallic design, which is cool and contemporary. With RFID-blocking wallets, functionality is in perfect harmony with style.

Industrial Materials

Materials with an industrial feel, such as aluminium, stainless steel, and modern plastics even carbon fibre have surged in popularity for wallet construction. These unconventional materials give a real contemporary finish to wallets, that can also increase security.

Unique Design Innovation and Functionality

The contemporary design and unique functionality of industrial-inspired, and RFID-blocking wallets, puts them at the cutting edge of world of accessories. These two contemporary movements in the accessory industry have collided in perfect harmony with the RFID wallets from RFID Cloaked. They combine RFID-blocking technology, with sleek, minimal design. At the cutting edge of the wallet industry, they have launched a Kickstarter campaign, where you can be the first to know about their latest releases. Plus, through the campaign, you can purchase their current card protector for just £2.50, that's a 75% discount.

Today, design innovations are continuing to push the boundaries, which has seen a switch from basic wallets to those much more advanced. These modern wallets are increasingly becoming the ones that the trendsetters are reaching for.

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Slide Pay Go – Contactless secure payments just became effortless.

• RFID Cloaked Ltd launches Kickstarter for new secure wallet with pioneering Active Alert feature lights up when a contactless card reader is detected, warning you of thieves trying to steal your card data.
• The wallet integrates the blocking technology that protects bank and ID cards from wireless attack from the company’s previous product which smashed its crowd funding target two years ago.
• Innovatively designed, the wallet has two slide-out trays and a sleek, minimalist design which allows simple, one-handed use for both right and left handers.

RFID Cloaked, the company behind the hugely successful RFIDsecur Contactless Blocking Card, is launching a Kickstarter campaign for its innovative new RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert that will keep you safe from RFID identity theft. Following the massive success of its first Kickstarter campaign two years ago, the Exeter-based business is now turning to crowdfunding once more to bring its latest invention to market.

Constructed with a metalized ABS and polycarbonate frame, the intuitively designed Secure Wallet is fit for the 21st century, combining the ultimate in protection technology with beautifully functional design. With optional in-built theft detection, RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert will light up whenever it comes into contact with a card reader. Requiring no batteries to work, this never before seen technology will alert you to potential criminals trying to access your card data.

This unique wallet will not only protect all of your contactless cards from attack with its RFID-blocking technology, its innovative design also means your payment cards never need leave your wallet to make contactless payments. With two slide out trays, contactless secure payments just became intuitively effortless. Simply slide out your card to make a payment and it will automatically retract, remaining secure in your wallet the whole time.

The RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert is the brainchild of entrepreneurs Julian Ghail and Reuben Millard who co-founded RFID Cloaked with the goal of improving personal financial and data security.

In 2015, the pair developed an ultra-thin RFID blocking card using a specially created combination of materials that could be used in a wallet or purse, to protect cards against RFID identity theft and unauthorised payments. They have now integrated this technology into their latest proposition: a wallet that utilises innovative design to not only protect your cards at all times, but also make contactless payments effortless.

With contactless card fraud on the rise, so much so that it recently overtook cheque fraud for the first time ever, there has never been more of a need for this product.

Quotes

Julian Ghail, co-founder of RFID Cloaked, explained: “With the increase of contactless payments and the move towards a cashless society, protecting our bank cards and ID cards has never been more important. We came up with an idea for a unique RFID blocking card in 2015, Reuben and I founded RFID Cloaked and launched a Kickstarter campaign to develop our cards and bring them to market. We were blown away by the interest our crowdfunding campaign generated and we ended up being overfunded by more than 40%. After seeing the huge success of our Kickstarter and the consumer need for this product, the next logical step was to integrate the technology into a wallet of our own. We have been working on this project for a while, developing proof of concept, and we are now ready to turn to the crowd again to bring this wallet to market.”

Reuben Millard, co-founder of RFID Cloaked, added: “We believe our minimalist RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert is the best on the market for tech-savvy consumers who want to protect their personal data. We have designed the wallet with a purpose: safe and fast contactless payments that are not only fully secure, they are actually easier than standard payments. Our unique slide-out trays mean that paying for anything is a simple one-handed process and your cards never have to leave the protection of your wallet. But the wallet isn’t just functional. We have worked to create a sleek and stylish ergonomic design that is as beautiful as it is effortless to use.”

The RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert is launching on Kickstarter today. Earlybird pledges will start from £39 for the standard wallet and £49 for the wallet with in-built theft detection. We are aiming to raise £15,000 ($19,000 USD) for tooling and production costs, the Kickstarter campaign ends Thursday 20th December 18:00 UTC. If you’d like to get your very own RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert then back their Kickstarter campaign, by visiting it here: https://rebrand.ly/RFIDCloaked-KickstarterCampaign

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Notes to editor:

For media enquiries please contact: Julian Ghail

RFID Cloaked: RFID Cloaked is a tech company based in Exeter, Devon, UK. Established in 2015, the company manufactures and supplies RFID blocking cards for ID cards and contactless payment cards. The business also supplies material NFC and electromagnetic shielding film which protects against radio frequencies: such as Bluetooth, WiFi, RFID as well as 3G and 4G mobile phone signals

Julian Ghail: Julian Ghail trained as a communications and radio engineer before changing careers and manufacturing F1 engine parts for Mercedes McLaren and Cosworth Ferrari.

Reuben Millard: Reuben Millard comes from a design and digital media background and currently works in corporate communications for the public sector.

Press release Media Pack: https://rebrand.ly/RFIDCloaked-PR

Sales@rfidcloaked.com

www.rfidcloaked.com

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Revolutionary wallet launches on Kickstarter

Slide Pay Go – Contactless secure payments just became effortless.

• RFID Cloaked Ltd launches Kickstarter for new secure wallet with pioneering Active Alert feature lights up when a contactless card reader is detected, warning you of thieves trying to steal your card data.
• The wallet integrates the blocking technology that protects bank and ID cards from wireless attack from the company’s previous product which smashed its crowd funding target two years ago.
• Innovatively designed, the wallet has two slide-out trays and a sleek, minimalist design which allows simple, one-handed use for both right and left handers.

RFID Cloaked, the company behind the hugely successful RFIDsecur Contactless Blocking Card, is launching a Kickstarter campaign for its innovative new RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert that will keep you safe from RFID identity theft. Following the massive success of its first Kickstarter campaign two years ago, the Exeter-based business is now turning to crowdfunding once more to bring its latest invention to market.

Constructed with a metalized ABS and polycarbonate frame, the intuitively designed Secure Wallet is fit for the 21st century, combining the ultimate in protection technology with beautifully functional design. With optional in-built theft detection, RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert will light up whenever it comes into contact with a card reader. Requiring no batteries to work, this never before seen technology will alert you to potential criminals trying to access your card data.

This unique wallet will not only protect all of your contactless cards from attack with its RFID-blocking technology, its innovative design also means your payment cards never need leave your wallet to make contactless payments. With two slide out trays, contactless secure payments just became intuitively effortless. Simply slide out your card to make a payment and it will automatically retract, remaining secure in your wallet the whole time.

The RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert is the brainchild of entrepreneurs Julian Ghail and Reuben Millard who co-founded RFID Cloaked with the goal of improving personal financial and data security.

In 2015, the pair developed an ultra-thin RFID blocking card using a specially created combination of materials that could be used in a wallet or purse, to protect cards against RFID identity theft and unauthorised payments. They have now integrated this technology into their latest proposition: a wallet that utilises innovative design to not only protect your cards at all times, but also make contactless payments effortless.

With contactless card fraud on the rise, so much so that it recently overtook cheque fraud for the first time ever, there has never been more of a need for this product.

Quotes

Julian Ghail, co-founder of RFID Cloaked, explained: “With the increase of contactless payments and the move towards a cashless society, protecting our bank cards and ID cards has never been more important. We came up with an idea for a unique RFID blocking card in 2015, Reuben and I founded RFID Cloaked and launched a Kickstarter campaign to develop our cards and bring them to market. We were blown away by the interest our crowdfunding campaign generated and we ended up being overfunded by more than 40%. After seeing the huge success of our Kickstarter and the consumer need for this product, the next logical step was to integrate the technology into a wallet of our own. We have been working on this project for a while, developing proof of concept, and we are now ready to turn to the crowd again to bring this wallet to market.”

Reuben Millard, co-founder of RFID Cloaked, added: “We believe our minimalist RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert is the best on the market for tech-savvy consumers who want to protect their personal data. We have designed the wallet with a purpose: safe and fast contactless payments that are not only fully secure, they are actually easier than standard payments. Our unique slide-out trays mean that paying for anything is a simple one-handed process and your cards never have to leave the protection of your wallet. But the wallet isn’t just functional. We have worked to create a sleek and stylish ergonomic design that is as beautiful as it is effortless to use.”

The RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert is launching on Kickstarter today. Earlybird pledges will start from £39 for the standard wallet and £49 for the wallet with in-built theft detection. We are aiming to raise £15,000 ($19,000 USD) for tooling and production costs, the Kickstarter campaign ends Thursday 20th December 18:00 UTC. If you’d like to get your very own RFIDsecur Wallet with Active Alert then back their Kickstarter campaign, by visiting it here: https://rebrand.ly/RFIDCloaked-KickstarterCampaign

Word Count 786

Notes to editor:

For media enquiries please contact: Julian Ghail

RFID Cloaked: RFID Cloaked is a tech company based in Exeter, Devon, UK. Established in 2015, the company manufactures and supplies RFID blocking cards for ID cards and contactless payment cards. The business also supplies material NFC and electromagnetic shielding film which protects against radio frequencies: such as Bluetooth, WiFi, RFID as well as 3G and 4G mobile phone signals

Julian Ghail: Julian Ghail trained as a communications and radio engineer before changing careers and manufacturing F1 engine parts for Mercedes McLaren and Cosworth Ferrari.

Reuben Millard: Reuben Millard comes from a design and digital media background and currently works in corporate communications for the public sector.

Press release Media Pack: https://rebrand.ly/RFIDCloaked-PR

Sales@rfidcloaked.com

www.rfidcloaked.com

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When you leave a house one of the things you always carry with you is a wallet. Probably like most people, you like to carry your stuff with you all the time. Money, credit cards and ID card are the things that we carry with us all the time.

Secure travellers wallet

If you are often travelling and use public transport, train or any other means of transportation, the imperative is a good wallet. When we say good we think it's safe, it's invisible because of the pickpockets, slim and one-handed type of a wallet. Travel wallets are all about getting rid of a jumble, keeping your valuables safe and organised, and making sure you enjoy your trip.

Good wallet for travellers

When you are travelling, you need a good wallet. A good wallet means that you can put inside all the things you need, it is big enough for all your cards, cash and other documents, but on the other hand, it is safe and you have to be sure that all your things will be secure.

Capacity and function

Even the best traveller wallet is something between capacity and function.

What a good traveller wallet contains:

-Slim and minimalistic

-RFID blocking

-The minimal organisation and streamlined

What type of travel wallet do you need? There are a lot of travel wallets on the market. Some are super slim minimalist only holding a few things, while others are much bigger and full-sized made for purses. It depends on what sort of trip you’re taking, is it a day trip or a weekend getaway. Depending on your travel trip, your wallet might need to hold a lot of coins, or a lot of cash, or credit cards.

Travel wallets come in some various materials—leather, carbon fibre, aluminium, and even a waterproof and travel RFID blocking type of a wallet easy credit card access, hidden stash pockets, tons of room for your cash and cards.

Minimalist slim traveller wallet

The best type of wallets when you are travelling is a minimalist slim wallet. Why is that? It is small, with this kind of wallet you avoid being the target as someone pickpocket victim, it is accessible and one-handed use.

RFID travel wallet

If we are talking about travel wallets, we have to mention RFID wallet. It is important that your wallet is secure and that your money and cards will be safe all the time. The RFID blocking wallet is a for a bounce the better option on travel than the minimalist wallet.

Accessible wallet

Most of these wallets are very practical, which is very important. You can easily take off them from your pocket or a purse, use them with one hand, which is important if you need to use the card for the subway or a train. Choose some accessible, one-handed and durable wallet for your travel. If you are going to spend a lot of time in a crowd, choose minimalist and slim wallet, that can fit in your pocket.

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Sports people need to ditch the bulk

No-one wants to be carrying around a bulky wallet when playing sport. After all, you don't need access to all of your various cards when you are out for a run, cycling or on the golf course. But it is sensible to have access to a card when you are out in case you need to grab a drink or food and in case of emergencies – that is why a wallet designed for sport is required.

Slim, light and durable

A really well designed sports cardholder wallet should meet several criteria. Ideally it should be light and thin, a slimline wallet which fits into your running or cycling gear discreetly, without creating unnecessary bulk. It should also be durable enough to protect your cards from damage. Something which is sweat proof and weather proof is also a bonus!

Practical and simple to use

Having easy, fuss free access to your cards and cash is always a desirable quality in a wallet or cardholder, whatever you are doing. Playing sports is no different. Access to your bank cards should not be a fiddly or cumbersome process.

Keeping your information and your money secure

Contactless cards have revolutionised the way we pay. It's fast and convenient and enables us to simply tap and go. This convenience has also brought with it the potential for your contactless cards to be cloned or hacked and put your personal information at risk. There is also a risk of unauthorised payments being taken from your contactless card. A 21st century wallet or cardholder should then feature RFID blocking technology to keep your cards secure all the time.

A traditional wallet or cardholder is just not cut out for taking out when you are exercising or playing sport and we imagined a different way of doing things to make a wallet which answered the conundrum of keeping your essential payment cards with you when on your bike, running a trail or working out in the gym. A wallet for sports lovers, and we have designed just that.

A new kind of wallet – designed for sports lovers

We Imagined a cardholder which was durable, slim and stylish. Small enough to be secured tight fitting sportswear without getting in the way with ready access to your essential contactless bank cards. A durable hard case to protect your payment cards from damage and sweat proof too! Our new cardholder wallet also has a innovative and unique design which allows swift one-handed operation, allowing you to slide your card out, make a payment and then retract it back in an instant. It also offers RFID Blocking for complete protection. We think it is the perfect solution to carrying your essential cards whilst exercising or playing sport.

Coming soon to Kickstarter

We are sure you will love our new wallet as much as we do – For more information and to follow our upcoming wallet launch on Kickstarter – click here

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Commuters hate waiting

If you live and work in a city with a metro/ underground or passenger rail system if you have to use bus transportation every day, you need a commuter wallet that lets you have quick access to a transportation card, money or credit cards, too right you do. There’s nothing worse than getting to the ticket barrier with the ‘X card not accepted’ RED message, you can feel the tuts and groans of the commuters behind you as you hold them up for the eternity of an additional few seconds…

Then there’s the contactless theft conundrum…

Some may never have thought about the need for RFID blocking wallet, or been aware of the possibility that credit cards, debit cards, even a passport can be scanned and data used by another person – but with Thieves plundering contactless cards at a rate of £27 a minute allegedly, and with City transport a paradise for thieves and pickpockets, it’s very important that you have card safe wallet and RFID contactless payment secure.

RFID card wallet

There are a number of RFID card wallets offering protection against thieves and pickpockets. They come in different sizes from small/large enough for your credit cards, major models that will have all the important cards and documents. There are a number of different products available which you can use like RFID card shields. These generally work by disrupting the RFID signal, making it impossible for your card to be read when shielded. In fact, these are RFID card blockers. Our RFID blocking cards, for use in your purse or wallet, are an example of this and are a low-cost option.

Slim, minimalist and easily accessible RFID blocking credit card wallets

There are many designs of slim, minimalist RFID leather wallets, some that are a unisex option that is stylish and urban kind of wallets. None though are single-handed in operation or work well with embossed cards.
What I would like though is convenience and security, something that is slim, easy on the eye, and quick on the draw! I don’t want to be fumbling for a wallet, pulling out a card and putting it all back again, I don’t want to be carrying a card in some flimsy PVC cardholder either, just so the Barrier reader will let me through! I just want a comfortable stylish and ergonomic wallet that I can use single-handedly even without thought to make a payment and go, no mess no fuss no bother.

Best RFID slim wallet – redesigned

Following on from our successful RFID Blocking card, We have designed a card holder that keeps your cards safe from unauthorised use and cloning as well as being durable, slim, and stylish. Small enough to be secured in a front pocket or inside pocket with ready access to your essential everyday cards. Our new credit card wallet with RFID protection also has an innovative and unique design which allows swift one-handed operation, allowing you to slide your card out, make a payment and then retract it back in an instant. Secure, slim and discreet with one-handed operation so you can slide, pay and go – perfect for when you are commuting.

‘Want to learn more about RFID blocking? See the information in our blog

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Contactless cards (radio frequency identification cards) use radio frequency identification technology (RFID) to transmit personal information to card readers. Some people are nervous about fraudsters grabbing their data and so opt for card holders that block RFID signals. Others argue this risk has been exaggerated. That no special card RFID protector and other tech are needed to protect the cards.

Here are three considerations for those who are still undecided about whether to invest in an RFID blocking wallet, a purse with RFID protection or RFID blocking card sleeve.

Your personal risk profile

Banking and financial trade association UK Finance notes there have been no verified reports of fraudsters taking money from somebody’s contactless card in the UK by bumping in to them using an RFID bank card reader – a technique known as ‘skimming’. Moreover, most cards have security measures that ensure payments are fully-traceable and legal safeguards. These measures help victims recoup stolen money. Even so, skimming of RFID credit cards is technically possible and the press has reported alleged cases. Albeit often related to travel abroad. So taking precautions and buying RFID blocking card wallet tech may be prudent – but it really depends on what risk you perceive.

Sharpen up your look. How to protect your data

A common recommendation to those who are nervous about skimmers is to simply encase their contactless cards in tinfoil or kitchen foil rather than buy RFID protection. While this may work, most people will agree tinfoil is not a stylish addition to a wallet. Indeed, one of the customised RFID blocking card sleeves on the market will certainly give you a better-looking wallet. While ensuring you do not have to unwrap your cards like leftovers in the fridge. So, it may be better to invest in proper RFID blocking technology that looks good and allays your worries about data theft. Rather than just making do with a substitute.

RFID blocking wallet: making modern living easier

The first generation of RFID blocking wallets often forced people to remove their cards from the holders. Separate them from metal objects or other contactless cards before paying. All of this made other aspects of life, such as swiping in and out of the London underground tube stations, more inconvenient. The new generation of RFID card holder wallets however, has been designed with solving the inconvenience of contactless in mind. The best designs allow users to keep cards in an anti scan wallet while paying, making RFID contactless payment much easier.

Do you decide to buy RFID blocking technology? We recommend using wallets and contactless blocking cards from RFID Cloaked company with RFIDSecur technology.

You can place RFID blocking cards alongside your contactless bank card, in your wallet, purse or ID holder, guaranteeing protection against theft of your information or unauthorised payments while still allowing you – and only you – full use of your cards. They also come in a range of stylish designs.

‘If you are interested in any of the RFID blocking card protectors, take a look at our online-shop.

Updated in June 2020

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We recommend you to read this article. RFID Cloaked company’s experts don’t agree with this opinion. We have seen examples of cloning and scanning attacks and have duplicated a hacked RFID scanner to prove the concept works. RFID contactless cards can be scanned, copied, and cloned and unauthorized payments made. We write about this in our blog. For example. This article describes in detail the techniques for hacking RFID using NFC smartphones.

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We have read comments on this issue. Users disagreed with the columnist. Here are some of them.

Tamera Selhaver

I think the author is clueless. My husband and I had all of our debit card numbers stolen while shopping together. He rarely carries his wallet as I always have my purse so it was easy to figure out exactly what location we were at when we got “scanned.” All our debit cards except one credit card (already had smart chip technology) were stolen. Of course now all of our debit cards have smart chips so this is “supposedly” a moot point. But 4 years ago I was first in line for a protective wallet after getting tired of tinfoil. Never had another issue but was super careful about even taking a card out to slide and pay. I don’t see it taking that long before they figure out how to get around the chip. Nothing is foolproof.

Koruma Wallets
Sooner or later all cards will be contactless with RFID feature. In Europe this kind of cards is more and more popular. Sometimes people like it and sometimes hate.Our answer to this article is “Better safe than sorry”.

John Smith
Nice how the author has zero response to any of these comments!! Someone is wrong here and he wont even debate or defend this article.

Anonymous
American Express notified me that someone tried to charge a $404.00 meal in Las Vegas. They denied it and cancelled my card. I had been to a shopping mall but had not used my card. Only used my card at CostCo.

Ryan Swan
Your card was probably cloned. Happens all the time. You probably inserted your card into a reader with a skimmer. If that isnt the case then someone randomly got your cards 16 digits by chance. They recycle the numbers because they have all been used by now.

Rockinon Ldn
Lots and lots of cards in Canada are RFID enabled. Once my wife’s card was read from more than a foot away by a more powerful than usual card reader at a cashier’s counter. My inexpensive wallet, purchased at Costco, is RFID proof. After seeing my wife’s card read from some distance, I’m pleased to have my RFID proof wallet. And do we use the RFID feature? All the time!

Ryan J
Use a faraday bag for your phone when traveling, or in risky areas. Use them when you’re on the move if you feel like you’re being tracked. These used to be “paranoid” concerns but not so much these days. They offer a level of assurance that provides peace of mind. Yes, you can’t receive calls when the phone is inside the bag, but you’re only using the bag when you feel you may be at risk. Attending a large conference? Good time to use a faraday bag. Think about it people, all the data you possess is on that little device just begging to be taken. Make sure you don’t buy a tin foil piece of crap anti-static bag though, I’ve tried those and they don’t work. They’re marketed as “faraday bags” but they most certainly are not. Buy a dual paired seam forensic faraday bag and you will be safe.

Nate Abshire
Wow, you’re terribly misinformed. Your article is practically a joke. In Canada yes, most major credit cards DO in fact transmit. It’s never been more important to secure your cards in an RFID transmission blocking case than these days. Do some research before laying down a couple grand worth of useless words.

Ray Croft
Just because i am paranoid, that does not mean that they are not after me!

Gage Merrell
Is this guy joking? Almost everyone in Canada has an RFID enabled card now… It’s the easiest way to way for our Tim Hortons after all. Are the RFID blockers the only way to protect your credit card? Of course not. Is it a terrible idea to have one built in anyways? Again, of course not. It is difficult for me to agree any additional protection is meaningless. I also understand that the USA is significantly behind in payment security, I work with payment security equipment everyday, but here in Canada, contactless pay has become very popular.

Bek O’Toole
I work in a small country town bag shop and we sell RFID protection in most of our wallets/purses etc. In the last 3 days I have had 2 customers who’s money has been stolen in this way. One poor bloke had $2000 an the other nearly $300. I get customers all the time coming in BECAUSE their money has been stolen in this way. It is a small country town as well, not a city and it still happens all the time. Where is he getting his evidence from?

Gethin Hill
Haha is this guy for real? Security Adviser? If you hired this guy for your security, i’d be very worried.. 40 computer certifications and eight books and he’s giving this kind of advice?

Gertjan Assies
That’s a pretty ignorant point of view, since 2008 it is possible to wirelessly do small payments without using a pin. so a mobile device with a amount less then 25 euro/dollar/pound entered and a busy public transport system is all it takes.

Dean Oliffe
Totally disagree with this article and it sounds like a editorial piece for the industry pushing this payment method. Personally anything to do with security of users banking accounts (access etc) should be secured with a PIN. Then if the user wishes to Opt in to Paywave or paypass etc then that should be their choice alone. The two vendors and the banks should be focused on the security of our funds and not half arsed implementations when all the required functionality, trust and user understanding for PIN’s exists already. It’s articles like this that get me going. We can of course agree to disagree, but as I can see from the other comments this article doesn’t get much in real world support.

Adam Bruce
You need to check your statistics mate, “If you look at the number of credit cards with RFID, you can’t even represent it statistically. It’s not 0 percent, but it’s so far below 1 percent that it might as well be 0 percent ”

In the UK these cards are becoming widely adopted, If you look at the UK card associatoin website http://www.theukcardsassociation.org.uk/contactless_contactless_statistics/ you will see that there are currently almost 80 million contactless card in use in the UK, meaining most people have more than one.

Sharon Johnson
My debit card doesn’t have an RFID chip. It has the strip on the back. My card was read while out and $2000 was stolen out of my bank. The card was never out of my possession. It happened just hours after using it at Walmart.

Eric Shook
Your card was likely cloned when you paid, not read by an rfid scanner…

Pete Dee
The main reason that the secure chips on the credit cards were that the pay phones were being pried open by the immigrants in France to get any coins in the pay phones. These chips are so secure now the US Military ID’s have these chips on them. What does that say for security. My new Mastercard has that chip and 99% of the places i shop don’t use the chip feature. Walmart is the only company I know that has their cash registers chip readers enabled. this secure chip is the wave of the future Recently in Paris France the parking spots were chip credit cards only so finding a parking spot and paying for it is a lot more difficult with out the credit card with the chip

Sarah West
With such a low adoption level in the USA, it’s hardly surprising there won’t have been many reports of problems. That doesn’t mean that things can’t go wrong.

Here in the UK, it’s now very difficult to get a new bank card without contactless payment enabled. Many banks simply don’t do them and contactless readers are everywhere now. The UK Cards Association released statistics showing that in November 2015, there were 78.3 million contactless payment cards in circulation in the UK. That’s in a country with a population below 70 million. See http://www.theukcardsassociation.org.uk/contactless_contactless_statistics/

With such widespread use, there have been a number of problems. Accidental payments are reported to have taken place more than once at one of the UK’s leading retailers, Marks & Spencer (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/10066187/Marks-and-Spencer-customer-fears-over-contactless-payments.html).

Only two days ago, Roi Perez, a community manager for SC computer security magazine was featured in my local newspaper after having discovered an unauthorized debit from his card. Read the article at http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/14218067.How_safe_is_your_contactless_card__Security_expert_says_his_was_hacked_with_a_suspicious__bump__on_the_train/

Roger Gong
All my credit cards are wireless payment enabled, as the wireless payment won’t require the user to key in PIN or any identification secret, I’m sure the bad guys are able to steal your money by using a device functionally similar to the wireless payment terminal when you don’t have some kind of signal blocking wallet.

David Brodbeck
In theory they could do that, but the RFID payment system is generally limited to small transactions, and each transaction is a one-time challenge-response exchange where the card has to be present (you can’t just store the info and use it again later). So our theoretical thief would have to sit there making small transactions as people walked by. He’d be better off getting a job as a waiter and just taking a picture of every card he was handed.
Also, consumers don’t have to pay for fraudulent charges — the bank or merchant has to eat the cost. They’re the ones who stand to lose the most from theft, so if they’re issuing these cards, it clearly isn’t a concern for them.

Lee Adkins
Maximum charge in the UK is £30, unskilled workers probably average £45 a day after tax so with just two swipes you’re up £15. Get 5-6 and you are close to not having to work for a week.

I don’t believe its going to be a really prevalent form of attack however I wouldn’t discount desperate people attempting it. I agree with you that the banks are pretty good at refunding fraudulent activity as I’ve had it happen myself (I suspect from a large database hack as I’m careful where I use it) and if it did become an epidemic of sorts they would soon do something about it.

WeWomenAreMore
I now really would like to know how far away one has to be in order to steal the card infos? Are we talking about meters or centimeters?
Here in Austria one could get away with 80Euros, when using the card 4times until we have to put in our PIN again.

WeWomenAreMore
You don’t want to tell me that it is enough to have a photo of a card with RFID in order for everyone using it for payments? This really would be scary!

Cliff Crabtree
Putting a Faraday cage around your smart phone would be far more effective. You could not make or receive phone calls until it was removed though. The RFID blocking products would probably not have gotten any kind of a foothold on the market if smart phone payment systems had been widely deployed first.

Thus, we are once again confirmed in the opinion that RFID blocking technology is still necessary.

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Edited in August 2020

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