[guitarplayer1953]

They can and they do. I have read articles about how someone could stand behind you in line and read your cards in your wallet or purse if they have chips. Very scary indeed.

[Larry381]

I remember reading about a case in Europe where someone was able to insert a credit card shaped device into an ATM slot and capture the information of whoever had just used the ATM.
It sounds a little farfetched to me unless the ATM had kept that information in memory which I don’t believe they do.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“omeone could stand behind you in line and read your cards in your wallet or purse if they have chips. Very scary indeed. “

Kind of what I guessed.

[Kozak]

Security wallet....

[Chode]

i carried a PROX-Card ID at work for most of the 90's that would be read while still in my wallet when ever i walked in or out of any door that had a reader...

[PapaBear3625]

They can and they do. I have read articles about how someone could stand behind you in line and read your cards in your wallet or purse if they have chips. Very scary indeed.

It can be done from further away than that.

RFID cards are designed to be read by cheap, mass-produced readers at a range of inches. They can also be read from longer ranges by more expensive gear with a good parabolic antenna. So just stick your gear in a cardboard box that's propped up by the rear window of your car, park the car on a busy street, and read the RFID info of everybody who passes by.