- CARDPROTECTOR, a protective case for contactless cards protecting against data and money theft. New credit and debit cards have an embedded RFID chip that allows the contents of the card to be read without contact with a reading device.
CARD PROTECTOR, anti-theft protective case for proximity cards, protecting against data and money theft. Credit and debit cards, building access cards, public transport cards and biometric passports have an embedded RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) chip that allows the contents of the card / passport to be read without contact with a reading device.
MasterCard Paypass and Visa PayWave contactless cards have an integrated circuit that activates under the influence of radio waves (RFID technology) and sends information confirming the transaction to the payment terminal. Reading information from these types of cards is possible even when the card is in your wallet, because the radio signal is able to penetrate the layer of any material.
Along with the convenience of using proximity cards, there is a risk of reading the information contained in the RFID chip by third parties. Having a special RFID reader / scanner or a mobile phone with NFC (Near Field Communication) function, you can read the data on the card without taking it out of the wallet, which makes it possible to fall victim to electronic theft without having any idea about it. The entire process of unauthorized reading a card is lightning fast and leaves no trace, except that you just paid for someone else's purchases.
RFID technology is not safe. On the Youtube channel you can find videos showing how you can easily read data from any proximity card. We present an excerpt from the conference of one of the hosts of the Myth Busters program on the Discovery channel, which tells about how RFID technology producers have banned broadcasting a program on contactless cards.