RFID-enabled cards have a symbol on the front or back of the card that looks like a Wi-Fi icon turned on its side. This symbol is meant to represent the radio frequency used by the card to make it ...

Look for an icon on your card that resembles a horizontal WiFi symbol. ... For most people with a credit card, RFID does matter. An increasing number of credit cards are now RFID cards.

Credit cards with RFID chips are getting a lot of attention lately, but they really aren’t that new. In 2005, J.P. Morgan Chase introduced a “contactless” credit card embedded with an RFID ...

CardArmor delivers compact, passive RFID protection to help consumers prevent wireless identity theft, offering a reliable and stylish defense for contactless credit cards, passports, and IDs.New ...

Nowadays, most credit cards are embedded with RFID chips (if you’re unsure, it’s indicated by a sideways Wi-Fi icon on one side of the card).

Origins: In December 2010, Memphis television station WREG aired an "Electronic Pickpocketing" piece on the potential risks posed by "contactless" credit/debit/ATM cards containing embedded RFID ...

How to Block RFID From Reading Your Credit Card. Many credit cards include RFID chips. The chips use radio-frequency identification to transmit payment information over short distances.

Bad news: Scammers can scan your new RFID-enhanced credit card from more than 2 ft. away. But is it any more vulnerable than a conventional credit card?