jonboy

Put a stout elastic band around it......
(the wallet!) It wont slip out of your pocket then.

Jon-Bxl

Thanks for the good laugh! I really don't want it slipping out of my pocket!

I bet you are a wiz with 'sticky back plastic' too!

I actually really liked it and even bought a little zipped leather 'purse' to put it into, but unzipping, then getting it out, proved to be a hassle, as would putting a large* stout rubber band around it

Jon (*the dreamer .... of having a large wallet that is!! )

MikeJ

Jon, you can get nice smart leather ones too ( I have one)

Jon-Bxl

Thanks Mike. As you are in the know about all this, and have decided to have one for security - it makes me want to consider this too.

Hey as its Christmas, maybe I can put it on my list to Santa

Merry Christmas to 'you and yours' - and a happy, and healthy New Year

Jon

VFR

When I first recived mine I made a shield (same as the Which one) from kitchen foil folded a number of times so it ended up just a bit bigger than a 50 note, this lives in the outer section of my wallet with nothing else.

Dxf

Hola

I find it interesting that in all the pages of replies, no-one has asked their bank for a non-contactless card, but many have sought to circumvent the RFID properties.

Davexf

billgates

Didn't you say yourself, in your opening post, that there is no alternative?

BigD Nerja

Dave,
a quick Google reveals Santander gives you the option of having a card that isn't contactless.

Dxf

Hola

Thank you for that - I'll check when I return home to the Cádiz region

Davexf

MikeJ

At the end of the day a contactless card is far far less vulnerable than cash, which is easily stolen and is immediately negotiable.

Without additional corroborating information (ie Name, billing address, CVC and/or account number none of which are held electronically on the card) then the max amount stealable in a single transaction is around £30. The number of transactions before a PIN transaction is mandated depends on the card's 'velocity counters' and issuer's anti-fraud systems (which are confidential and comprehensive). The chances of large scale fraud (although theoretically possible) for the average user are vanishingly small. And the bank/issuer will compensate.

johnnyone

How do the phone apps work eg Android pay?

I have avoided downloading the app as I really cannot see the point but are these as vulnerable as a contactless card (I have several of those).

I was also in a pub on Friday and a guy paid using his watch!
Much too much technology for me.

frigilianafreddy

After 3 pages of cr*p someone talks some sense. Any and all cards are much safer than cash.

End of.

Jon-Bxl

I agree that Mike's post was good and as usual, informative.

However I disagree that its been 3 pages of lets say rubbish.

Also I was interested to read that Mike has a wallet that is RFID protected, I mentioned earlier that there are various ones out there, and I had one as well. As a result Im thinking about getting another one, a different model, though the risks seem low. So the discussion has been useful.

Jon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/s/ref...t&sprefix=rfid

jonboy

Such a harsh comment, I almost reached for my elastic band! fortunately Jon-Bxl got in first and defused the situation. Elastic bands do not grow on trees you know. well not unless you have a rubber tree, that is.
All the best for the festive season frigilianafreddy

bob_bob

I shopped in Tesco, fueled up at the Tesco petrol station thev dropped in to my local off licence...my card was refused. I phoned the bank who told me that three transaction in a few minutes was flagged as suspicious and the account had been put on hold.

I answered security questions and the card was taken off hold.

So I feel very safe using these cards.

Out of the UK I tend to use pre paid Visa cards.