Once upon a time, pickpockets hone their skills for years to steal a wallet unnoticed. Today everything is much simpler - your money can be stolen without opening your purse, you just need to read the data of a plastic card using a special device.

Today, almost everyone has plastic cards based on short-range radio communications (NFC) or radio-frequency tags (RFID). Even Roma have mastered plastic cards and mobile transfers. Girls of the oldest profession also actively take money through transfers in on-line banks and through mobile applications. It seems very convenient, but there is a downside. Today we will talk about wallets with protection against plastic cards.




To steal your money or read data from a smartphone, smart card or copy a service pass card, you do not need to discreetly take out your wallet and read the data. Everything is much simpler, craftsmen make devices with a long range, much more than a meter for devices with RFID tags and about a meter for NFC. The cost of such devices is quite low. For $ 100 you can buy a very high quality reader.

For many girls, this is a discovery, and from the very beginning I knew the vulnerability of this technology, and immediately understood the methods of protection. Create an impenetrable field around your cards that will protect against any reader. The principle of protection is simple - the metal serves as a barrier. Therefore, any metal foil, static bags and metal cases are impervious to intruders' equipment.

The simplest devices available to any student allow reading card data from a short distance of 20-30 centimeters. Such convergence is possible in public transport. If you travel exclusively by car, you may be trapped in a store with a more advanced device that can read data from a distance of several meters. Therefore, everyone needs to purchase special wallets to protect against reading plastic cards.

What security wallet options are on sale?

Leather cardholders from fashion brands look stylish and expensive, but often fail to protect our data. But there are other options ...



1. Metal wallet type of cigarette case. These wallets are made of aluminum or stainless steel. Some models are simply made of metal and look like a beautiful bar of platinum or gold, others are painted in different colors, and there are wallets with leopard print, tartan and any other prints.

Which wallet to choose is up to you. But it's best to buy on Aliexpress. It is there that there is the largest selection and best prices. Many of our sellers buy from China, put some kind of dubious logo and sell these wallets under the guise of original American-made products. They even come up with a brand name, create a website for this brand and pages on social networks.

In reality, all of these wallets are made in China. There is no point in buying a more expensive product. On Aliexpress, the highest quality wallets cost 400-500 rubles. If you buy in small wholesale for 5 wallets, the price will be 250 rubles per item. There are cheaper ones, but they have simpler materials and worse quality.

2. Static package liner. If you carry one single card, there is no point in taking a metal wallet that weighs like a good smartphone. Buy a static bag liner, it will fit in any suitable compartment of your wallet. The static bag liner is also good in that it allows you to safely use your favorite cardholders' wallet Gucci or Prada.



3. Purses with special lining. The wallet can be made of leather, including crocodile or python, but inside it has a lining with a high density of metallized threads - type of fabrics lame... This applies not only to wallets, briefcases and backpacks are supplied with a protective lining. These products are marked with a Protected from RFID tag.



Finding purses with similar labels from fashionable manufacturers is not easy yet. For fun, go to the stores of famous brands and try to find protected accessories. I could not find it. Therefore, while you have to protect your plastic cards with wallets with Aliexpress.



Accessory manufacturers are constantly looking for new designs and functionality, so new solutions for the security of plastic cards will emerge. Search on well-known marketplaces and search engines for queries like - Protected from RFID, cardholders NFC protected or RFID protected wallets and you will definitely find suitable accessories.

CONCLUSIONS: Well-known brands do not yet offer wallets with protection against plastic cards, which means that they are lagging behind modern technologies! Data security and safety of money are the most important in our world.