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In the purse or the wallet and walked into a grocery store and all the -- everything in the basket had an rfid chip and you had a credit card in your pocket had an rfid, you can walk right through and scan everything, there's no putting it up on the baskets and scans it anymore and then pay. you walk out the door. >> once they have the information then they have your credit card. >> that is correct. >> okay. so, how do i protect myself? what do we do? >> one, if possible, tell your credit card company you don't want to rfid on your card. >> can you do that? is that possible? >> i don't see why...

Spend their money in credit. >> exactly. imagine if you walked and had it in the purse or the wallet and walked into a grocery store and all the -- everything in the basket had an rfid chip and you had a credit card in your pocket had an rfid, you can walk right through and scan everything, there's no putting it up on the baskets and scans it anymore and then pay. you walk out the door. >> once they have the information then they have your credit card. >> that is correct. >> okay. so, how do i protect myself? what do we do? >> one, if possible, tell your credit card company you don't want to r...

Transmitting, any way to shield it? >> there are wallets to keep the credit card with the rfid in the wallet that will shield it from sending out the signal. that way you dope have to worry about someone sitting next to you and grabbing it. only time to transmit is pulling it out and you set it next to, you know, an rfid reader. >> i should look for a wallet like that. what do you think the future is of this? is it a passing fad or do you think it's here forever? >> it's here forever and it's going to get worse. this is my personal opinion, at some point we're all going to have rfids. might be...

To use and there by we use and spend their money in credit. >> exactly. imagine if you walked and had it in the purse or the wallet and walked into a grocery store and all the -- everything in the basket had an rfid chip and you had a credit card chip, you just walk right through and scan everything, there's no putting it up on the baskets and scans it anymore and then pay. you walk out the door. >> once they have the information then they have your credit card. >> that is correct. >> okay. so, how do i protect myself? what do we do? >> one, if possible, tell your credit card company you don't...

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