Electronic Pickpocketing

[M1152 713]

We heard about this last year but didn't realize how easy it is to do until we seen this...

 

 

[Qel Hoth 33]

And this is why I'm glad most people in the US use the "obsolete" magnetic stripe. Europe is predominantly chip & pin, and you can't use a magnetic stripe card in many places now, but there are risks.

 

I know there is nothing in my wallet that has an RFID chip.

[MikeL417 33]

a good thing im never getting one of those cards... jeez that is freakin easy to do..

[tony357 386]

Geez.. just checked mine all magnetic..

[bulpup 98]

Chase sent me one without even asking me about two years ago. I remember reading the documentation and thinking the next thing how easy it would be for exactly this happening.

[bry@n 195]

wow, gotta check mine. I don't think I have them but ya never know.

[Krdshrk 3,878]

You can get an RFID blocking wallet.

[greatgunstatenj 32]

Just to be safe, 5 seconds in the microwave or smash the RFIDs with a hammer.

 

It's a crime to disable RFIDs in passport, better off using a hammer as it won't leave evidence like the microwave would. Microwave might also screw up magnetic strips on CC so better use hammer for that as well.