Great news for travellers worried about identity theft from RFID readers in airports and elsewhere. You may have spotted them in your travels - lifting your passport data from the embedded RFID with their scanner. That RFID chip broadcasts far enough to make you - and your identity - highly vulnerable. Radio Frequency IDentification chips - broadcasting your data - was supposed to speed up immigration clearances. Instead, it endangers you!
Now there's a RFID blocker passport case from Travelon. This protects you from these identity thieves, while keeping your passport chip intact for immigration authorities.
Remember, a damaged passport can be grounds for denial of entry. You could have a problem if that RFID becomes inoperable. Although so far, I haven't run into anyone who has met such a fate if the passport proper is intact and shows no signs of tampering. But most countries do reserve the right to deny admission to anyone with a "defective" or "damaged" passport - without specifying whether a non-broadcasting RFID meets the "damaged" definition.
Check out the RFID blocker passport case! Travelon also makes other accessories with the RFID blocker - wallets, billfolds, credit card cases. This protects your credit cards and "speed passes" using RFID technology.
May your road rise to meet you,
Ann
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