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I've used Umbra's Bungee Card holders for years now, RF-protection is just an added bonus: http://www.umbra.com/usd/catalogsearch/result/?q=bungee http://www.um

I've used Umbra's Bungee Card holders for years now, RF-protection is just an added bonus: http://www.umbra.com/usd/catalogsearch/result/?q=bungee http://www.umbra.com/usd/catalogsearch/result/?q=bungee I haven't tested it, but it's better than nothing, right? And much cheaper. I've a few cards, so I bought two (different colors). For those also in Toronto, you can pick them up at the Umbra showroom off Queen and John. For everyone else, there's Amazon, local stores... That said, when I looked at this project, I saw it as something I wanted -- not for fraud, for personal convenience. I'm sick of carrying so many cards. I was like, crap, I only have Visa in my wallet, I wonder how hard it'd be to add PayWave support? Right now my hopes lie in rumoured iPhone 6 support of NFC which might in turn encourage global adoption of phones for payment ... and perhaps with one-time credit card numbers, right? One can dream...

dmix 12y ago
SilentPocket-style cases also blocks wifi/3G/4G, it's much better privacy than simply blocking RFID/NFC. Preventing pervasive monitoring of cell phones is their target.
- lstamour 12y ago
  Yes, but I like receiving phone calls ;-) I do understand though -- they look nicer too.
- oxplot 12y ago
  The transmission power of your phone is adjusted based on how well your phone can talk to the cell tower. The harder you make it for the phone, the harder it tries. That translates into a sizzling hot phone in your pocket that has a battery life of one hour.
  - spacefight 12y ago
    Put it in flight mode while inside the case and take it out of flight mode as soon as it's off. That could automated.
    - oxplot 12y ago
      My exact strategy for when I leave my stuff in the gym locker or when sleeping in sleeping bags that use metal heat reflector fabric.
    - lstamour 12y ago
      An NFC tag inside your wallet might work? ;-)
- superuser2 12y ago
  >Preventing pervasive monitoring of cell phones is their target. It doesn't matter what they think their target is. They're making the devices not cell phones anymore. Maybe you want to be unreachable, but I highly doubt you want everyone you call/text to also be unreachable.

dmix 12y ago

SilentPocket-style cases also blocks wifi/3G/4G, it's much better privacy than simply blocking RFID/NFC. Preventing pervasive monitoring of cell phones is their target.

lstamour 12y ago
Yes, but I like receiving phone calls ;-) I do understand though -- they look nicer too.
oxplot 12y ago
The transmission power of your phone is adjusted based on how well your phone can talk to the cell tower. The harder you make it for the phone, the harder it tries. That translates into a sizzling hot phone in your pocket that has a battery life of one hour.
- spacefight 12y ago
  Put it in flight mode while inside the case and take it out of flight mode as soon as it's off. That could automated.
  - oxplot 12y ago
    My exact strategy for when I leave my stuff in the gym locker or when sleeping in sleeping bags that use metal heat reflector fabric.
  - lstamour 12y ago
    An NFC tag inside your wallet might work? ;-)
superuser2 12y ago
>Preventing pervasive monitoring of cell phones is their target. It doesn't matter what they think their target is. They're making the devices not cell phones anymore. Maybe you want to be unreachable, but I highly doubt you want everyone you call/text to also be unreachable.