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Old Aug 28, 2023 | 6:23 am
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Originally Posted by BigFlyer
So from the responses above it appears that RFID shields are useless for any security purpose - passports can't be read without opening the passport and getting the machine readable info, credit card chips can't be cloned, and trying to make a charge through someone's pocket is impractical.
That seems to sum it up quite well.
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