The RFID Blocking Shield
The RFID Shield is a protective sleeve that prevents anyone from reading private information stored on your RFID cards and passports.
Protect Your Data
- You have a home alarm system
- You firewalled your computer
- You shred your documents
- You protect the private data stored on the RFID passport or smart card in your pocket by putting it in an RFID blocking holder
News
Passport RFIDs cloned wholesale by $250 eBay auction spree
February 4, 2009
More details on how a hacker was able to put together an electronic setup for $250 and drive around stealing data from people's RFID cards and passports.
Video: Honest Hacker Skims via Drive-By
February 2, 2009
Using $250 worth of equipment, Chris Paget outfitted his car and drove around San Francisco. In just 20 minutes, he found and cloned 2 passport tags.
'Fakeproof' e-passport is cloned in minutes
October 15, 2008
New passports designed with RFID microchips, meant to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned in minutes.
RFID Devices
RFID chips can be found in the new US passport and other e-passports, certain credit cards, some employee identification cards, student ID's, and various smart cards around the world. You should store these items in RFID blocking sleeves to protect your personal data.
What is the Risk?
Credit card companies and banks are issuing smart-cards with RFID chips. The new US passport, also called an e-passport, can be scanned from a distance. Your mass transit pass, student ID, or employee tag may be able to track you. Meanwhile, researchers have demonstrated that data stored on some of these devices can be stolen without your knowledge from a distance. By putting your passport or smart card into an RFID blocking sleeve like the RFID shield, you greatly reduce the chance of someone reading your data from a distance. Your RFID chip needs protection.
