Help protect your identity with RFID credit/debit card shields

While checking out some security blogs the other day I came across a very good article over at the IT Security Expert blog about 15 tips to help reduce the risk of identity theft and fraud. One thing to add to that list is to use an RFID shield for your RFID enabled credit/debit cards.

RFID or "contactless" payment cards are being issued by more banks and are starting to be accepted at more merchants. I actually noticed recently that you can use your MasterCard Paypass RFID card at Sheets gas stations and also at the local movie theater.

There have been several vulnerabilities (good paper here) and other security concerns regarding RFID especially focused on privacy.