Your wallet is broadcasting.
Make it stop.
Contactless cards and biometric passports talk over radio. So can a thief, with a cheap reader. ID Shield is the metallised inner liner that turns a wallet, a card sleeve or a passport cover into a Faraday cage — without changing the way it looks or feels.
An RF problem, solved with materials.
Every contactless payment card, biometric passport and corporate ID badge has an antenna inside it. That antenna can be read at distance by any compatible reader — including ones held in a backpack on the train. The fix is physics, not software: a thin conductive layer between the card and the antenna outside.
ID Shield is that layer. A flexible, leather-friendly metallised composite that drops into the wallet construction at the lining stage. The customer sees a normal lining; the cards sit behind a Faraday cage.
What RFID is — and why it leaks.
RFID is wireless data exchange between a card reader or payment terminal and an unpowered tag — a card, a smart key, a passport. No contact, no battery, no consent required from the tag. Transfers happen over the air at LF, HF or UHF, and the tag answers whoever asks.
Passports, credit and debit cards, identity and key cards, car keys and access-control cards now carry passive RFID/NFC chips as standard. Anyone with a reader can interrogate them from a distance — without physical contact, and without the holder noticing.
Convenience for the buyer. Opportunity for the thief.
RFID gives travellers, motorists and shoppers real convenience. The risks arrive with it — and every one of them is a claim your customer can make against the product.
- Electronic data theft by illegal scanning
- Theft of personal information
- Electronic pickpocketing
- Payment fraud
- Unintended contactless withdrawals
- Simultaneous payment transactions
- Card conflict in dense-tag areas
- Interference between payment terminals
- Tracking of the holder
- Car theft and car burglary via key fob
- Sniffing, spoofing and replay
- Man-in-the-middle and relay-station attacks
- Cloning and emulation
- Encryption and security leaks
All legal and illegal readers can address the same chips. The attack is silent, contactless, and invisible from a distance — which is why the countermeasure has to be built into the article, not the app.
The blocking material, on the record.
Full RFID bandwidth: 20 kHz · 100 kHz · 125/134 kHz · 13.56 MHz · 433 MHz · 868 MHz · 915 MHz · 1800 MHz · 2.4 GHz · 3 GHz · 4 GHz.
A special metal alloy — not standard PET, aluminium or PE, and not metal-alloy fabric.
TÜV approved · 57513A. Certified by TÜV (Germany) and FIPS (USA).
Tested by the manufacturer with equipment more powerful than commercial readers or smartphone apps.
Shield-attenuation tests of your prototypes in the manufacturer's own laboratory, free of charge.
Certificate programme for your finished articles, with a seal of approval and the IDSHIELD brand logo for marketing.
Consultation on processing — coating, laminating, cutting — plus installation instructions. Option to buy or borrow an RFID reader.
Samples on request.
Three grades, one spectrum.
IDSHIELD Regular
The basic ID Shield article, covering the complete spectrum of security. Easy to use, available in non-adhesive and self-adhesive variants.
- Prevents data theft and data abuse
- Prevents payment fraud and identity fraud
- Protects the chip from external damage
- Lightweight, wrinkle-free, uniform thickness
- Temperature-resistant and weldable
- Waterproof, hermetically sealed, grease- and gas-proof
- REACH-compliant · no hazardous, allergenic or toxicological components
- Custom widths and dimensions
IDSHIELD Premium
The ultimate grade — a special membrane coated on both sides for softness, stitchability and durability. Replaces other reinforcements, and is noise-free compared with the rest of the range. Nominated by global brands.
- Soft, design- and stitch-friendly, perfect thickness
- Noise-free in the finished article
- Doubles as a reinforcement layer
- Lightweight, weldable, hermetically sealed
- Waterproof, vapour-, grease- and gas-proof
- Heat- and cold-resistant
- REACH-compliant, no allergenic components
- With or without adhesive · custom dimensions
IDSHIELD Tex
Metallic polyester fabric with electro-less pure copper and nickel coating — a shielding textile that cuts and sews like ordinary fabric.
- 75–105 dB attenuation, 10 MHz – 3.60 GHz
- Light, flexible, easy to cut and sew
- High conductivity and RF shielding performance
- Superior tarnish and corrosion resistance
- Soft and noise-free
- Temperature-resistant, weldable
- Sealable barrier for corrosion-protective packaging
- REACH-compliant · custom dimensions
Across the contactless spectrum.
Different cards live at different frequencies. ID Shield is engineered to block both bands the consumer carries.
Low-frequency band. Older proximity cards, building access tokens, livestock tags.
High-frequency band. Contactless payment, biometric passports, public-transit cards, modern access cards.
The standard most contactless payment cards comply with. Tested blocked.
The standard for vicinity cards including some biometric passports. Tested blocked.
Inside the construction. Invisible.
| Product | Format | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Card sleeve / cardholder | Sheet | Between outer leather and lining |
| Bifold / trifold wallet | Panel insert | Inside the card-pocket panel |
| Passport cover | Sheet | Front and back panels of the cover |
| Travel wallet / organiser | Panel insert | Card section only — leaves note section open |
| Backpack RFID pocket | Lining | Dedicated pocket lined entirely |
A feature you can print on the box.
Tested at both bands
Independent lab testing per ISO 14443 and ISO 15693. Documentation provided per article for retail-claim use.
Adds a SKU feature
"RFID-blocking" is a hangtag claim. Customers know what it means.
Drops into existing construction
Sewn or glued in at the lining stage like any inner reinforcement. No new equipment required.
Leather-friendly
Flexible and thin, no bulk on the panel, no print-through to the leather face.
Spec, sample, certified.
Construction brief
Send the panel CAD. We recommend a format and cut shape.
Sample sheet
Sample on request. Lab-test certificates per ISO 14443 / 15693.
Trial & sign-off
Pilot lot. ID Shield attenuation-tests your prototypes in their own lab, free. We can arrange independent re-test on the finished product if a brand requires it.
PO + delivery
Sheet or pre-die-cut order. Customs and inland transport handled by Instyle.
For your spec sheet.
Construction
Frequencies blocked
Format
Compatibility
Compliance & certification
Ordering
Add a feature to the hangtag.
Send a wallet or passport-cover CAD. We'll send a sample and the test certificates.