Great Gift For The Grad – An Ekster Smart Wallet

The season of graduation is upon us, but what gift measures up in today’s tech age? A smart wallet, that’s what! With everyone sporting either a smart phone, smart watch and smart health tracker, why not a smart wallet? Chances are the graduate in your life has been using the same old Velcro wallet they received at the start of high school (or sooner), so a beautiful leather smart wallet would be a welcomed change.

Introducing Ekster, home of the ultra-slim, trackable smart wallet! Using a smart wallet from Ekster means you will never lose your wallet again! Combining beautiful, top-grain European leather with the impeccable craftsmanship of these hand-made wallets means you will be carrying a gorgeous accessory that is timeless. Whether you are traveling, heading out for a fancy dinner or taking the kiddos to the park, an Ekster smart wallet is what you need to look good and know your information is safe.

Nowadays, someone doesn’t have to steal your wallet to get at what’s inside of it. We are living in a time when all of our data is encrypted. As technological advances race ahead, the regulations and security available to protect all of our data still struggles to keep up. Often people aren’t even aware their data can be stolen and/or has been. One of the main culprits here is RFID skimming.

RFID technology or ‘radio frequency identification’ is a new method of data tracking. It may surprise you to know you’ve got it on you right now. It’s what allows you to pay for things by holding your card near a card reader or ATM, often known as contactless payments. Almost every single new card produced today has one. The chip holds all your card’s data, using radio waves to send information and complete transactions.  But no matter how protected it is, wherever there’s money to be spent, there’s money to be stolen. Credit card fraud has been around almost as long as credit cards; in 2017 alone, it accounted for losses of over 16 billion dollars in the USA!! So, how do you keep your information safe?

Invest in a secure wallet. Radio waves can’t travel through every material, making specific kinds of metal act like a force field around your cards. The metal that works best for producing an impenetrable faraday cage hidden inside a travel security wallet is good old basic aluminium. Ekster aims for the best travel wallet security by using top grade aluminium to build the space where your cards fit in, so they are always protected.  And to keep your smart wallet looking it’s best they designed the aluminium of the cardholder to be as thin as possible while still retaining its strength and ability to block RFID scans. 

With many beautiful smart wallets to choose from and a few other sweet details to read up on, check out the Ekster site when you are shopping for your graduate’s gift. They will have their Ekster smart wallet for life and be thanking you for it. 🙂  

Have you ever been concerned that someone could steal the information in your wallet without actually taking it? Pretty scary, huh?

FT&PD

Suz

**Disclosure: I was gifted product by Ekster to try out. All opinions are my own. 

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