[LINK] Fwd: [Politech] RFID tags reportedly found in German loyalty shopping card [priv]

[Tom Worthington]

At 2/12/2004 02:09 PM, Antony Barry wrote:

>On 12/02/2004, at 8:58 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
>
>>The Institute's invention is a radio wave blocking layer built into the 
>>shopper's wallet or purse. ...
>
>Seriously if you were worried all you ned to do is wrap your wallet in 
>aluminum foil. ...

More or less seriously, the Institute will have to issue an apology as 
extensive research (type it into Google) found someone had already though 
of the RFID wallet:

"... a wallet for RFID cards. Prevent unwanted identification, NOW. it 
would be simple to implement. any closed conductive container would work. 
you could wrap your keys in tinfoil, that would work just fine.

If one were a bit more motivated, one could find a fine gauge metal thread 
and weave a conductive fabric ...".  From: RFID Walet, James Peret, 
12/15/2003, <http://purrfectcatshelter.org:8080/james/ideas/idea034.html>.



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