RFID Privacy Protection

WalletGard - wallet inserts and wallets

2007-04-21T17:46:00.000-07:00

RFID and magnetic shielding inserts for wallets plus wallets that go with them. Offered by WalletGard -

http://www.walletgard.com/

Paraben's StrongHold - Passport shielding bag, purses coming soon

2007-04-06T22:07:00.000-07:00

Paraben offers a very basic RFID shielded bag for passports. Looks like purses containing a shielded pocket are coming soon.

See http://www.passport-stronghold.com/
And for more details

Identity Stronghold - Security Sleeves for Credit Cards, Passports, ID Cards

2007-03-31T10:08:00.000-07:00

Identity Stronghold offers a few basic, low-cost security sleeves for Credit / ID Cards, Passports, and Workplace Badges.

See http://www.idstronghold.com/

mobileCloak - shielded bags of various sizes

2007-03-28T19:18:00.000-07:00

mobileCloak offers three different bags of various sizes that block 10MHz to 20GHz signals - http://www.mobilecloak.com/.

mCloak™ for Tolltags, GPS - Mobile Cell Phones, Smartphones, Communicators
Interior: 4 1/2"(w) x 6"(h)

mCloak™ r5 for 802.11b / Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, PDAs, ID tag, RFID tags and chips
Interior: 7"(w) x 6"(h)

med Cloak™ for Mobile Phones, Two-way Radios, 802.11b / Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, PDAs
Interior: 4 1/2"(w) x 7"(h)

Magellan's - RFID Blocking Passport Wallet

2007-03-25T11:34:00.000-07:00

And now mainstream - a combo passport case and wallet by Magellan's

http://www.magellans.com

Mobile Edge - passport case coming soon, cell phone shielding here now

2007-03-23T07:31:00.000-07:00

Mobile Edge has some great messenger bags, handbags, briefcases, backpacks... with shielded pouches. The pouches are designed to block cell phone signals, bluetooth, and do not seem to block RFID signals.

http://www.mobileedge.com

Supposedly coming soon from Mobile Edge is another simple passport case -
http://www.gearlog.com/2006/09/mobile_edge_wss_passport_walle.php

Emvelope - wallet inserts, wallets, passport cases

2007-03-22T16:42:00.000-07:00

A product I hadn't seen before - a simple RFID shielding insert in case you love the wallet you've got. Plus a wallet and passport case all offered by Emvelope -

http://www.emvelope.com/products

Shelly - Hello Kitty Passport Case

2007-03-21T09:04:00.000-07:00

RFID blocking passport case offered by http://www.shelly-shop.com/ for those of you who can read Japanese (or so I'm told by Digital World Tokyo, since I can't.)

Less EMF - Shirts, Wallets, Canopies, Materials...

2007-03-21T08:40:00.000-07:00

For your various shielding needs -

http://www.lessemf.com/personal.html

Can't say I see the need for those silver lined camisoles or boxers, but they have a variety of materials available and another RFID shielded wallet to choose from.

kena kai - Fancy Shielded Wallets and Passport cases

2007-03-20T19:07:00.000-07:00

Multiple styles, Italian leather -

http://www.kenakai.com/SubCats.asp?cid=2

Smart Tools - Low-Cost Credit Card Shield

2007-03-20T19:03:00.000-07:00

Just the basics -

http://smarttools.home.att.net/rfshield.htm

RFID Shield - Credit Cards

2007-03-20T18:49:00.000-07:00

A basic credit card RFID shield, not quite as pretty as the Hello Kitty -

http://www.rfid-shield.com/products_cc.php

DIFRwear Shielded Wallets and Passport Cases

2007-03-20T08:06:00.000-07:00

One of the first that you can buy -

http://www.difrwear.com/products.shtml

I've tried the wallet and with my RFID reader it does the trick. Includes some aluminum foil enclosed between the outer layers.

Duct tape it yourself

2007-03-19T19:03:00.000-07:00

A do it yourself duct tape wallet with aluminum shielding -

http://www.rpi-polymath.com/ducttape/RFIDWallet.php

Shielding - Hello Kitty ahead of the curve

2007-03-19T07:59:00.000-07:00

While the microwave is not the most practical of choices, some basic shielding in wallet can do the trick for RFID embedded credit cards. The Japanese, ahead of the curve on those embedded cards for cash, also were ahead on shielding them -

See Wired "Pocketbook Protector"
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.11/play.html?pg=12

The Microwave

2007-03-19T07:49:00.000-07:00

Will permanently disable tags, but beware the fires that may erupt and the implications of having permanently disabled your tags, plus whatever it is that's going in the microwave will not come out looking the same...

See what happens -
http://www.buzzsurf.com/toastedrfid/

Spy chips says it's a no no -
http://www.spychips.com/blog/2006/10/spychipped_credit_card_q_a.html

Researchers speak

2007-03-18T15:38:00.000-07:00

Watch it on YouTube -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPkzFETzueQ

"Vulnerabilities in First-Generation RFID-enabled Credit Cards" by resarchers from UMass, RSA Laboratories, Innealta in October 2006.
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/business/20061023_CARD/fc2007-submission.pdf
"experiments found several surprising vulnerabilities in every system we examined"

Even the New York Times is worried -
"Researchers See Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards"
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/23/business/23card.html?ex=1319256000&en=76401b1601fc06e3&ei=5090

Viruses get your tags

2007-03-18T15:33:00.000-07:00

"RFID: AT Risk from Viruses? As part of an information system, even the lowly RFID tag is vulnerable"
David Talbot in Technology Review (May/June 2006)
http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/wtr_16797,294,p1.html

RFID Hacking

2007-03-18T15:18:00.000-07:00

Oh, the vulnerabilities...

Annalee Newitz has a great article in Wired (052006, p 167) on the RFID-hacking underground. From changing library book tags to using cream cheese to open your hotel room door.

"While You Were Reading This, Someone Ripped You Off. They can steal your smartcard, lift your passport, jack your car, even clone the chip in your arm. And you won't feel a thing. 5 tales from the RFID-hacking underground."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/rfid.html