Make an RFID-proof wallet

99luftballon writes "If, like me, you're more than a little concerned about the privacy aspects of RFID there's a useful enthusiast's web page on making your own RFID-blocking wallet. OK, it's never going to win any prizes for beauty or garner fashion awards but should be effective and seems perfectly practical. "

Comments

RFID proof - pah, we need women proof wallets

[LiquidCoooled]

My missus has a knack of emptying my wallet before I even see the contents!
After securing your wallet against the female gender, RFID should just bounce off by default.

Re:RFID proof - pah, we need women proof wallets

[Otter]

I think one of the benefits of a duct tape and aluminum foil wallet is that it will eliminate pretty much all female-related complexities from your life...

Greatest Invention Ever

[BillLeeLee]

Dresses, suits, RFID blocking wallets, is there no clothing or accessory you can't make with duct tape?

I'm sure we'll be replacing our tinfoil hats with duct tape hats one of these days.

Shoppers Card? Ironic or silly?

[gelfling]

Concerned about privacy issue and the thing you're trying to protect is your VIP Shoppers card? Wow.

Re:Effective, but hardly practical.

[Anonymous Coward]

Conventional wallet appearance means I can take out my wallet in public without looking like a gigantic nerd.

Considering how often you get a FP on slashdot... I don't think your wallet is going to make the slighest difference ;-)

Tinfoil wallet?

[should_be_linear]

Why not simply put my wallet under my hat?

I hate to lower myself to stereotyping, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

Enormous duct-tape wallet? Check.

Tinfoil-level black helicopter paranoia? Check.

Frequent buffet diner card in quick-draw position in wallet? Check.

Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here is a tinfoil-hat fatty who thinks the Smoking Man is after him. Imagine Fox Mulder as played by Chris Farley.

Re:Yay! A tinfoil wallet...

[MarkGriz]

I'm going to make a tinfoil condom for my Speedpass after lunch.

Use a small metal box for your RFID cards

[Anonymous Coward]

I just keep all my credit cards and RFID cards in a metal business card holder. I tested it with a RFID reader and it works just fine. Even better is to use a ground wire. At home this is no problem as I was able to make a stretch curly cable connected to the box with the other end connected to a water pipe. Outside I use a small wire running through a hole in my pocket connected to a small length of chain that drags along the ground when I walk. Be sure to make the chain long enough to bridge any insulated flooring that you might have to cross.

I also transfered all my credit cards to plain blank cards by copying the magnetic card stripes on to blanks that I buy through a Panamanian company in bulk. Unfortunately, this has two disadvantages:

1. It's difficult to figure out which card is which.
2. Shop owners are often reluctant to accept my credit card.

Thankfully, for me this is generally never a problem, because I'm almost always stay at home in my home-made Faraday cage, in order to protect myself from the NSA mind control beams.

What do you get if you combine...

[corvenus]

What do you get if you combine the words "Duct" and "Tape"? Dupe!

Re:Effective, but hardly practical.

[Anonymous Coward]

In other news, today President Bush requested congress pass a new bill mandatings special exemptions to the laws of physics for national security agencies.

Mr. Bush said: "We're working. We're working hard, passing new laws to make sure our country is safe from terrorists. Those old laws were getting in our way. We need to prevent them from brining nucular devices into our country."

When asked about the new bill proposal by the President, the head of the National Science Foundation hung his head and walked away, quietly crying.