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RFID-Blocking Blazer and Jeans Could Stop Wireless Identity Theft
An anonymous reader writes A pair of trousers and blazer have been developed by San Francisco-based clothing company Betabrand and anti-virus group Norton that are able to prevent identity theft by blocking wireless signals. The READY Active Jeans and the Work-It Blazer contain RFID-blocking fabric within the pockets' lining designed to prevent hacking through radio frequency identification (RFID) signals emitted from e-passports and contactless payment card chips. According to the clothing brand, this form of hacking is an increasing threat, with "more than 10 million identities digitally pick pocketed every year [and] 70% of all credit cards vulnerable to such attacks by 2015."
That's what I do.
I've decided to stop wasting my time responding to AC trolls/sockpuppets... so if you want a response from me... login.
If you build radio signal blocking into all of your pockets, doesn't that also screw up your cell phone from getting a call?
And the downside is?
Free, as in your money being freed from the confines of your account.
When you're wearing the jeans your legs will only move at two-thirds normal speed. You have to have the blazer dry cleaned, and specifically by Norton, once a year otherwise it and the trousers may cease to function and leave you naked out on the street one day.
Why not trousers+condoms all built-in...this has to be the more stupid informercial I have seen here for a while.
This is slashdot, advertising condoms here would be like targeting the Taliban with whisky ads.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it