RFID-Blocking Wallet — 'A tinfoil hat for your bank account'

That's how Evan Ratliff described it in the new (July, 2007) Wired magazine.

More: "For smartcard-carrying citizens of the 21st century, leaving home without an RFID-safe wallet is the equivalent of wearing a T-shirt with your Social Security number silk-screened on it."

This tricked-out accessory has just been named the Official Wallet of Buffalo Springfield.

From a website:

RFID Blocking Passport Wallet

Protect your passport and credit cards from data-stealing hackers.

Passports, credit cards and other forms of identification are now being embedded with radio-frequency (RF) tags that can be read by security scanners at airports and retail stores.

Unfortunately, hackers have figured out how to scan those tags too, gaining access to personal and financial data that can result in identity theft.

This RFID Blocking Passport Wallet acts as a protective shield for ID so your RF data can only be accessed when you open the wallet at approved locations.

Made of top quality leather.

5½ x 4'.

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The mechanism of action is a built-in mesh Faraday cage to block RFID scanners.

Ratliff added, "In a completely wired world, radio-proof accessories, buildings and even neighborhoods will serve as disconnected oases, the only ways to go offline."

Black, Red or Tan.

$19.

But perhaps you don't want to carry some generic wallet.

Maybe it's Hermès or nothing for you.

No problema.

You can get an RFID-blocking insert (below)

here for $10-$15 that will do precisely the same thing, yet allow you to carry the accessory of your choice.