n. The theft of data from a mobile device, particularly one that contains a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip for transmitting information wirelessly.
2014
The trousers are intended to stop thieves hacking into radio frequency identification (RFID) tagged passports or contactless payment cards.
2008
Stuck on the tarmac, flipping through a travel magazine, you're struck by the blurb for metal-lined wallets. Purpose: to prevent digital pickpocketing by blocking radio frequencies.
2004 (earliest)
Unlike the computers atop so many desks and laps, the wide varieties of cell phones today do possess some natural immunity to viruses and digital pickpockets.
Although banks consider them as secure as cash, they really are not, according to electronic banking consultant Clifford Brody. He said the cards are vulnerable to "electronic pickpocketing" by criminals with card readers who conceivably could not only counterfeit them, but alter their remaining balances.