Detecting an attempted theft of information stored in an RFID-enabled card, including: receiving, by a theft detection module, a transaction request, the transaction request including RFID-enabled card information; determining, by the theft detection module, that the RFID-enabled card information is mock card information, wherein mock card information is provided to an RFID reader by an RFID tag exterior to an RFID shield of an RFID-enabled card security enclosure responsive to an RFID request directed at the security enclosure; and responsive to determining that the RFID-enabled card information is mock card information, initiating, by the theft detection module, one or more security actions.

A connector assembly is provided. The connector assembly includes a connector body, a movable component selectively movable between an uninstalled state and an installed state, a digital tag, and a digital blocker. When the movable component is moved from the uninstalled state to the installed state, the digital blocker is moved relative to the digital tag from a position where the digital tag is blocked by the digital blocker to a position where the digital tag is unblocked by the digital blocker, thereby providing a digital indication of a successful connection between the connector body and the movable component.

A switchable RFID tag comprising at least one RFID code circuit disposed on an adjustable member being adjacent to an antenna; wherein the adjustable member is arranged to be manipulated to move the at least one RFID code circuit into a communication position whereby the RFID code circuit is coupled to the antenna; and into an inactive position whereby the RFID code circuit is uncoupled from the antenna.

The invention relates to a reading carrel for RFID tags, having a ceiling, a floor, at least one door, as well as walls encircling the reading carrel and including a plurality of interconnected wall elements, as well as a mounting frame for the walls and the at least one door, as well as means for reading RFID tags in the reading carrel. The reading carrel has a mounting frame comprising a horizontal base extending around an interior of the reading carrel and consisting of a plurality of interconnected base segments, said base being provided with a plurality of vertical supports. Each base segment of the mounting frame is made up of a channel beam and each vertical support is also made of a channel beam, said channel beams having channels thereof consisting of a channel base which is provided on both sides with channel flanges directed away from said channel base, each channel flange extending in a direction transverse to that of said channel base. Each wall element of the wall has its bottom end fitted in the channel of the mounting frame's base and, moreover, each wall has both end faces thereof fitted in the channel of the mounting frame's vertical support. Between at least one base segment as well as a bottom end of the wall element mounted thereon is fitted a radio-frequency interference suppressing seal, such as an EMC gasket, which extends co-directionally with the channel base of a channel beam comprising said base segment, whereby between at least one vertical side face adjoining at least one end face of a wall element mounted on said base segment and the channel flange of the channel of the channel beam comprising the vertical support mounted on the very same base segment is likewise fitted a radio-frequency interference suppressing seal, such as an EMC gasket, which extends co-directionally with the channel base of the channel beam comprising said vertical support, such that the aforesaid radio-frequency interference suppressing seal extends in a substantially continuous manner from the base segment to the channel flange of at least one vertical support. Reading means for RFID tags comprise an antenna as well as a data processing system, both of which provide a capability of reading RFID tags.

An RFID tag having an initial range may be modified to have a reduced or increased range by printing a modification element over the antenna of the RFID tag. The modification element may function as an extension of the antenna or may function to shield the antenna.

Various switchable RFID devices are disclosed. These switchable RFID devices may include one or more RFID tags and one or more switches. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless. In various embodiments, the switchable RFID devices include cellular phones, security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. The switchable RFID devices are optionally disposed in a passport. The passport may include radio frequency shielding.

An NFC tag shielding system for a multi-layer product of printed and/or non-printed layered material(s) includes a plurality of layers of printed and/or non-printed materials. The system includes a first on-metal NFC tag applied to a first layer of material of the plurality of layers and a second on-metal NFC tag applied to a second layer of material of the plurality of layers. The first and second on-metal NFC tags are aligned along an axis perpendicular to planes of the first and second layers of material. The system also includes an RF shielding layer disposed between the first and second on-metal NFC tags. The RF shielding layer is positioned along the axis and extends parallel to the first and second layers of material a distance covering at least a projected area of the larger of the first or second on-metal NFC tag. The RF shielding layer provides signal shielding between the NFC tags so that a user wishing to read the first NFC tag on the first layer of material will not unintentionally read the aligned second NFC tag on the second layer of material.

An apparatus comprises a passive RFID tag designed to provide information identifying at least one fuel compatible with a vehicle.

Approaches herein provide protection for an identification chip of a contactless device using a transmission blocking element. In some approaches, a contactless card may include a body having first and second main sides. An identification chip may be coupled to the first main side, and the transmission blocking element may be slidably coupled to the body. The identification chip is covered by the transmission blocking element in a first position, and uncovered by the transmission blocking element when the transmission blocking element is in a second position. The transmission blocking element may include a first section extending along the first main side of the body, and a second section extending parallel to the first section. The transmission blocking element may further include a tab coupling together the first and second sections, wherein the tab is positioned within an internal slot embedded within the body.

Approaches herein provide protection for an identification chip of a contactless device using a transmission blocking element. In some approaches, a contactless card may include a body having first and second main sides. An identification chip may be coupled to the first main side, and the transmission blocking element may be slidably coupled to the body. The identification chip is covered by the transmission blocking element in a first position, and uncovered by the transmission blocking element when the transmission blocking element is in a second position. The transmission blocking element may include a first section extending along the first main side of the body, and a second section extending parallel to the first section. The transmission blocking element may further include a tab coupling together the first and second sections, wherein the tab is positioned within an internal slot embedded within the body.