Debit card protector cover
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Debit card protector cover
Now that contactless is going from £45 to £100 I am going to purchase one of these, can anyone here recommend any particular one?
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Probably quite wise. I had 3 transactions ping up on my Starling bank app during the November lockdown, all just under the limit. I hadn't left home for 2 weeks, and I hadn't used the card for 2 months. Starling claimed I'd authorized each transaction "in app", a new method replacing sms authentication. Apparently I was buying teenage girls clothes and ordering Papa Johns pizza takeaway over 100 miles away.
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Samsonite and Bellroy do RFID wallets. Both well made and last.
Had both, although the Samsonite didn't hold the old £20 notes very well causing them to get dog-eared, so switched to Bellroy that could take large notes. But that's a bit moot since the new plastic notes are smaller.
Alternative is a soldering iron and cut the NFC aerial/transponder wires
Had both, although the Samsonite didn't hold the old £20 notes very well causing them to get dog-eared, so switched to Bellroy that could take large notes. But that's a bit moot since the new plastic notes are smaller.
Alternative is a soldering iron and cut the NFC aerial/transponder wires
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hardly ever take wallet /cards outside now
have those silver envelopes above when I do
have those silver envelopes above when I do
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If you don't actually use contactless you can ask your bank to send you a card without it. Mine was very happy to do so when I last asked as I really don't like contactless. It's really not much easier to use especially if you've still got to remove the card from your wallet because you've got a RFID blocker.
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Cheers for your input, much appreciated. Think I will opt for an RFID sleeve. I never carry a wallet these days because years ago I thought I had lost it with a substantial amount of cash in it, luckily I had left it at my parents house. Using my phone is a good idea which I will look in to, I am a bit of a dinosaur with tech things.
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How do the 2 contactless cards cancel out the scanning ? I've been doing this for years but never realized I might be protecting myself ...
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If you have two cards, then it is highly likely that both cards will react to the scanner and the scanner will get erroneous data causing the scan to fail. It is however no guarantee of failure! Depending on the position of each card, it may still be possible to successfully scan with two cards in close proximity. A scan blocker is the only way to ensure that no cards can be read by blocking the electromagnetic field used to activate the cards. For best results you should use two blockers, one on each side of your wallet with the chip cards in between. If you just have a single blocker in the center of the wallet and a reasonably thick wallet with your contactless card towards the outside, then it may still be possible to scan.
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I have the same issue with my access card for work, I have 2 cards from 2 different companies and if they are together then neither work for either companies card readers.
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