You could make a duct tape wallet with a layer of tin foil in the middle of the duct tape. Easy, cheap and as guady or dowdy as you desire. They also sell passport wallets with a liner that blocks RFID as well.
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 7:02 PM, rleesimon <[email protected]> wrote: > When you get electronic parts they come in an "antistatic" envelope which > is > silvery on one face and clear on the other face. Everyone has some of > these > around. Passports have the RFID chips; so do credit cards and other stuff. > > > > What is in there? If it is static shielding, will it also absorb or shield > partially or fully passive RFID antennas so a guy could put it into a > passport wallet and "improve" the safety against the RFID being "seen" at a > distance (which is supposed to be less than a yard but some say can be > detected up to 69 feet) which may, as is pointed out, have encrypted data > which makes ID theft a remote possibility. But, might it make one > identifiable1 as even having a passport or more so what country the > passport > represents which makes for a terrorist threat with some simple cheap > electronics goods2. > > > > See these: > > > > 1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090711/ap_on_bi_ge/us_chipping_america_iv > > 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XXaqraF7pI > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
