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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."
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 wouldn't it muck with my keyless entry system on my car where I just carry the fob in my pocket and the car will know when it is me trying to get in or start it?
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
People will replace all their clothes, rather than buying one tinfoil case/pouch per device. Makes total sense.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
You know what could completely stop identity theft? Holding banks responsible for the loss when they were tricked by some thief pretending to their customers. You will see them tightening their authentication and fraud detection overnight.
You know why some countries don't have any identity theft at all? They held banks and companies responsible when they were defrauded, and won't let them pass the loss to their customers by claiming "identity theft".
Oliver.
How about we stop using RFID to transfer important (identity theft type) data?
So there is clothing that makes it easier to steal clothing by blocking the RFIDs of the theft detection systems?
Of course news about a fake are Fake News.