Identity Thieves Won't Like This Wallet

Have you heard the latest way identity thieves are gaining access to your data? RFID readers. What's this fresh hell? And how does this wallet stop it?

Have you heard the latest way identity thieves are gaining access to your data? RFID readers.

What’s this fresh hell? And how does this wallet stop it?

RFID, or Radio-Frequency Identification, “commonly involves the use of microchips that contain sensitive financial and personal data that are embedded within passports, credit cards, debit cards, corporate identification cards, student ID cards, and even driver licenses.

While carrying any of these items with you, anyone nearby with inexpensive RFID-reading equipment can identify and copy all of the information carried on these microchips.

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