The unusual hack has sparked curiosity — and skepticism — about whether a thin sheet of kitchen foil can really protect against cyber-enabled pickpocketing.

The switch to cashless payment methods like debit and credit cards has, fortunately, eased the burden of carrying around cash for many people. Most credit cards feature contactless payments, too. You ...

Regular wallets hold your cash and cards in one place so nothing slips out. However, for a while now, there has been some buzz about RFID-blocking wallets everywhere. They look like any other wallet, ...

Just a few decades ago, buying things meant going to the bank — your own physical branch, mind you, during the brief hours it was open — to take out cash. If you didn’t have time for that, or ran out ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Remember that scene in the 2002 film "Signs" when Joaquin Phoenix wore an aluminum foil cap to defend against extraterrestrial mind control?

Which RFID-blocking wallets are best? In today’s day and age, your entire life is contained in a microcosm within your wallet. Debit and credit cards are typically embedded with a radio frequency ...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is the technology that lets your credit card transmit payment data just by tapping or hovering over a sale terminal. With the rise of RFID cards came the fear of ...