Can Aluminum Shield RFID Chips?
There seems to be some confusion as to whether aluminum shielding can protect RFID chips in your pocket. This article claims that aluminum is not effective at stopping RFID transmission. We decided to test out the RFID Shield, which uses aluminum shielding and see just how well it really works. The test was simple. We went to a local store that has an RFID enabled credit card reader and tested an RFID enabled card. The first test did not use any shielding. The card reader worked as expected. When the card was about four to six inches away from the reader, it beeped, meaning that it has read the information on the card. The next step was to see how effective the RFID shield would be at protecting the information stored on the credit card from the reader in the store terminal. The card was placed in the protective sleeve and the above procedure was repeated. The RFID reader did not recognize anything at the standard distance of four to six inches. The card was moved closer. The reader st
