Create an RFID blocking Copper Wallet

The reasons I decided to build this wallet are because of my new credit card, an AMEX Clear (amazing), which has an RFID tag, my school ID, and some research I did on how easily these really ... , and plugging it into your computer, then collecting all the credit card RFID information that goes [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 05:20:46

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5 Great Gifts For Travelers

The electronic gadgets we travel with just keep getting more sophisticated and plentiful.  Here are some tech savvy gifts all travelers will love ... all our sensitive and private information.  It’s time for everyone to invest in a RFID blocking wallet to prevent hackers and techno thieves from grabbing our identification with scanners as they pass [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 12:10:20

Infuriating, but unsurprising

I've been talking about RFID as a security risk for a long time now.. ... to NOT have this "feature"....So I have an RFID blocking wallet, and passport folio.Labels: Geek, Money, Mythbusting ... . Now, my card companies have sent me two cards that have RFID tags in them, without my requesting [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 01:05:00

Improvised RFID Blocking Wallets: Preventing PayPass Skimming

Many credit card users do not realize that they have PayPass enabled RFID credit cards in addition to the new RFID enabled US Passports ... Omnikey Cardman 5321, a USB connected RFID reader, and using Adam Laurie's RFIDIOt package. Longer ... . These RFID enabled devices are easily read at distances compatible with casual contact [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 22:30:00

Reading RFID tags - Adam Laurie's RFIDIOt and the CardMan 5321 USB reader

As I noted in my last post, Improvised RFID Blocking Wallets: Preventing PayPass Skimming, I have recently been working with an OmniKey Cardman 5321 USB RFID reader in Windows. The reader is compatible with a broad range of RFID cards (From Omnikey's website):Philips/NXP: MIFARE®, DESFire [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 01:00:00

mold on clones in diy bubble cloner

mold on clones in diy bubble... by eyemthatguy Today 05:08 PM 497 6,287 Outdoor Growing Ganja.....Grown Under the Sun ... Discussing Precautionary Measures. Lightbulb RFID Blocking Wallet by green_nobody [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 15:46:43

New York offers RFID-embedded driver's licenses

File this one under "driver tech" instead of "car tech ... , or look into getting an RFID-blocking wallet and an aluminum foil hat. ... ." The State of New York has started offering driver's licenses embedded with RFID chips [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 02:00:46

Useful Travel Accessories For Your Vacation And Business Travel

by Dorothy Yamich If you would like to find out about some of the travel accessories that are available to make your trip more comfortable, easier, ... . Another unique accessory is the RFID blocking passport ... packing. What is a non-slip security wallet and how does it work? One accessory you should consider [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 13:32:35

Can a plant in mid flower recover from nute burn?

Can a plant in mid flower... by green_nobody Today 04:48 AM ... Security Issues Discussing Precautionary Measures. Lightbulb RFID Blocking Wallet [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 01:28:35

Make a Faraday Cage Wallet

From Wired How-To Wiki Jump to: navigation, search You already have your tin foil hat, and you’re pretty sure no one can find you on the Google ... cards and some state-issued ID cards. The same technology will possibly even be used in paper money ... . However, there’s one detail you may not have thought of, and that’s those pesky RFID chips. RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 22:12:28

snapper: what about privacy?

I have this conflict when it comes to Snapper, a kind of internal argument between a technology geek and a privacy geek. It goes a bit like this: Technology geek: It’s so cool. I want one. I just wave it past the reader! It comes in different form factors. And I can get a reader for it that will plug into my PC. It’s the Future™! [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 04:37:19

Charge cards give way to RFID phones

NFC (RFID) fone Photo: Courtesy of MasterCard From my Boston Globe column this week, MasterCard says any bank can now issue computer codes, rather than cards, to consumers.–mb I usually tap my RFID-chipped Citizens Bank card against the checkout reader to streamline the transaction. Once I’ve fished the card out of my wallet [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 15:44:07

Security News Roundup: Programming tools for cracking Mifare published

This week’s security events include news of the release of OpenOffice 2.4.2 to address critical vulnerabilities in its 2.4.x branch, a finding that corporate security policies are ineffective, exploits for a just-patched Microsoft vulnerability already out in the wild, and release of actual programming tools for cracking Mifare Classic [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 04:16:11

RFID-Blocking Wallets and Passport Holders

September 5, 2008 — marinamichaels Newer passports and an increasing number of driver’s licenses and credit cards have an RFID chip embedded in ... solution is to make your own RFID-blocking wallet with duct tape and aluminum foil. If the duct ... that will take all the data from your RFID chip, allowing them to use your card as though it were [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 09:00:04

Wallets for Personal Security

A firm in Standish, Maine - called The Rogue Wallet Company - offers a unique product line that provides a degree of security for its customers. See http://www.roguewallet.com/ to see these security wallets. One type wallet is the RFID Blocking Wallet. This wallet shields equipment that can acquire the sensitive information stored [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 08:37:00

New York now offering Enhanced Driver’s Licenses with RFID

Filed under: Etc., Tech New York has now become the second state in the country to offer RFID-embedded driver’s licenses ... -blocking wallet. Thanks for the tip, Yash! Source: Car Tech, Photo from New York DMV Permalink ... . Following Washington State’s lead last year, the radio-frequency identification (aka RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 21:01:00

Village Luggage & Gifts Catalog

Every holiday season Village Luggage & Gifts comes out with a spectacular holiday catalog ... RFID blocking which prevents identity theft. Another new item for travelers is the shemergency ... , there’s a stainless steel wallet made of stainless steel thread. Talk about durable! This stainless [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 22:42:13

RFID Blocking Wallets by Mobile Edge

Identity Theft has become a real threat over the past decade, and recently it has only gotten worse ... , Mobile Edge I.D. Sentry Wallets.  The RFID blocking wallets come in two sizes, one for credit cards or smart cards, and another for Passports.  Both RFID blocking wallets are lined with an alloy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 23:31:46

10 Tips to Keep Identity Theft from Ruining Holiday Travel Plans

From Brian Lapidus, Chief Operating Officer for Kroll Fraud Solutions Attention Holiday Travelers: There’s good news and bad news to report about the 2008 holiday travel season. The good news? Despite current economic challenges, Americans are still planning to travel to spend the holidays with family and friends, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 06:24:11

Great Travel Accessories For Vacationers And Business Travelers

Great Travel Accessories For Vacationers And Business Travelers by Dorothy Yamich If you would like to know what travel accessories are available ... over and over again for many years of easy packing. How does a non-slip security wallet work? One accessory you should consider purchasing is the non-slip security travel wallet. It’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 14:18:48

Sky Mall

Now this Sky Mall magazine seems like one interesting magazine to be found in the sky. And I gather these magazines are to be found on airplanes and airline travel to pass ones time shopping and contemplating shopping away throughout that flight to ones destination [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 14:57:00

New York now offering Enhanced Driver's Licenses with RFID

Filed under: Etc., Tech New York has now become the second state in the country to offer RFID-embedded driver's licenses. Following Washington State's lead last year, the radio-frequency identification (aka RFID) licenses will be offered at a $30 premium over the standard driver's license. The benefits of the RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 20:15:11

10 Tips for Travelers: Data Security and the Worry-Free Traveler

10 Tips for Travelers: Data Security and the Worry-Free Traveler Don’t Let Identity Theft Ruin Your Summer Travel Plans It seems Americans have ... a wallet is all too common when traveling … maybe relaxing too much isn’t such a good thing after [more...]

Date: 2008-06-13 00:54:29

New York now offering Enhanced Driver’s Licenses with RFID

New York now offering Enhanced Driver’s Licenses with RFID September 17th, 2008 Filed under: Etc ... -blocking wallet. Thanks for the tip, Yash! Source: Car Tech, Photo from New York DMV Permalink ... ., Tech New York has now become the second state in the country to offer RFID-embedded driver’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 18:01:00

RFID Protection Packaging. Protect your identity.

skimstoppers-rfid-identity-protection.jpg So this is a post about RFID passports (mainly the uk one) ... about data security. The RFID-Blocking Leather Wallet provides a simple solution to this worry by making ... - £2.54 RFID-Blocking Leather Wallet - £12.75 RFID-Blocking Passport Wallet - £12.75 Related articles [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 11:18:10

10 Data Security Tips for the Worry-Free Traveler

It seems Americans have given up on the true getaway vacation ... either. Given that the loss of a laptop, thumb drive, or even a wallet is all too common [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 14:44:20

ThinkGeek :: RFID Blocking Wallet

ThinkGeek :: RFID Blocking Wallet [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 18:55:45

For the Paranoid in Your Life

drive.jpg A USB Flash Drive disguised as broken cable. 2GB of extra security at least until the TSA puts it on the watch list. (Via Schneier) Or consider the (likely more useful) RFID Blocking Wallet and the RFID Blocking Passport Billfold. Did you know that there are people out there who specially target paranoids? Update: pointers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 14:43:59

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