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I have been watching some videos on RFID and decided to microwave my credit cards last night. Lo and behold, every one of them had a little chip that exploded. Not sure if they will work now or not. What an interesting little experiment. Anyone else microwave your credit cards?

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I have never felt a desire to microwave my credit cards. They now sell little jackets that block the RFID signal of your credit cards when you slide them into it.

My new passport I got last year also as an RFID chip and they make passport cases that block it. In the case of passports there is a fear that terrorists in a foreign country could have a reader out on the street that could read you passport RFID and know which people are Americans to kill or kidnap them.

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None of my cards have a chip.

The sleeves that CC1 mentioned are a necessary precaution, IMO. I watched a segment that showed a person carrying a backpack. Inside was an RFID reader connected to a laptop. Everyone that he walked by who possessed an RFID card had their info downloaded onto the laptop.

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Yes, they had some RFID cases in the airport my husband and I were in a couple of weeks ago. A person could use one of those, but personally, it's not thieves I am concerned with. It's the big people. ;)

I have a passport but I will not be microwaving it.

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I thought the cards with chips were supposed to have a little sign on them that they had chips. I microwaved a bunch of them and lo and behold more of them had chips than I had thought.

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A bunch of them? I bet your husband is thrilled! Every married man's dream.

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LOL! I'm so cheap my husband has to try and make me spend money! :ursofunny I'm not as cheap as I used to be. He has worn me down!

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My husband told me I should have just done one as a test to see if they still worked afterwards. But I was having too much fun watching them explode. :) Now, they might have to type in the numbers at checkout. After they scan all my coupons and do ad match. Randy Wayne should just love me even more now. :D