There's a way to fight back, though: Consider investing in an RFID-blocking wallet, passport case or bag. Most of the latest credit cards, debit cards and government IDs have an RFID chip installed.

During the six-month trial, some 50,000 bags per month will be tracked for Emirates passengers travelling to and from Dubai, testing the effectiveness of RFID against Heathrow’s existing barcode ...

For example, US airline Delta now includes a tiny RFID [radio frequency identification] tag in the familiar barcoded label that goes around your bag handle. This means each bag can be scanned ...

locking zippers and radio frequency identification (RFID)-blocking capabilities. Since we had such great results with the Baggallini anti-theft crossbody bags, we had high hopes for the Baggallini ...