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[Discuss] Credit Card Capture From Inside My Wallet: This stops now



On Fri, 7 Oct 2022 17:58:28 -0400
Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sleeves may not be a perfect cage, not having a TEMPEST grade
> closure, but even a poor Faraday cage may add just enough dB
> attenuation that the extreme range RFID/NearField/whatever doesn't
> pick up the card in the sleeve in the wallet.

I have used prox cards through RF sleeves. Need to get the angle right
but it works through sleeves that block face-on transmission.

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