It's debatable. Some steps have been taken to mitigate the impact (foil envelopes for your Passport Card, basic shielding on e-Passports, the introduction of Mi

It's debatable. Some steps have been taken to mitigate the impact (foil envelopes for your Passport Card, basic shielding on e-Passports, the introduction of MiFare DESFire as an alternative to MiFare Classic) but AFAICT it's still possible to skim the cards remotely. There was a period of time when these concerns were all over mainstream media (especially in Canada and Europe, during the migration to Chip-and-PIN, particularly for credit cards) but you don't see it often these days (except in extreme cases like the one in this article).