July 05, 2006
Extended Range RFID Skimmer for less than $100
Snoop on RFIDs from 25cm, over double the official distance.
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04:55 AM
February 01, 2006
RFID Passport Data Intercepted and Cracked
No need to check the secret key encoded in print; perfectly cloneable too.
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Posted by Danny O'Brien at
05:27 PM
November 01, 2005
RFIDs to be placed US Passports
The "Potential Hostage Radio Beacon" is planned for October 2006
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Posted by Danny O'Brien at
01:38 PM
May 04, 2005
Sensenbrenner Warns EU Not to Put RFIDs in Passports
Wired reports that Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) told EU diplomats that there's no need for RFIDs in passports, pointing out that using the unproven, expensive technology would lead to "regrettable" consequences. So who's going to tell the US?
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Posted by Danny O'Brien at
10:58 AM
April 28, 2005
Kids Like Cattle? Deploying RFID in America
Scientific American with an editorial on the disturbing prospect of RFIDs for people-tracking.
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Posted by Ren Bucholz at
04:25 PM
April 27, 2005
Border Security, Light on the Chips
Congress is revisiting whether many other countries should be required either to use RFID chips in their passports or get visas before traveling to the US.
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Posted by Ren Bucholz at
04:33 PM
March 29, 2005
RFID Passports Broadcast Your Identity
RFIDKills.com questions the "wisdom" of placing radio frequency-IDs in US passports. The tiny chips broadcast your name, nationality, and passport number to anyone with a compatible RFID reader -- including terrorists, who would be able inconspicuously to pick American targets out of a crowd.
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Posted by Ren Bucholz at
03:19 PM
September 29, 2004
IBM Puts Big Bucks Behind RFID
The company will spend $250 million over the next five years on its "pervasive computing" initiatives.
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Posted by Ren Bucholz at
03:24 PM
September 01, 2004
Resisting RFID Regulation, for Now
Declan McCullagh argues for a "wait and see" approach to the tiny tracking devices, despite the fact that very few people are aware of the privacy risks they pose, and fewer still know how to protect themselves.
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Posted by Ren Bucholz at
12:48 PM
August 31, 2004
Never Have to Ask "What Are You Wearing?" Again!
If these RFID-embedded garments ever take off, that is.
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Posted by Ren Bucholz at
03:53 PM
July 26, 2004
Libraries Invest in the Future of Surveillance
Salon explores the benefits and risks of radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in library books.
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Posted by Ren Bucholz at
11:22 PM
July 13, 2004
Bionic Mexican Politicos Vow to Fight Crime
We're totally serious. Mexico's attorney general says that a microchip implanted in his arm - and the arms of other staffers - gives him access to a futuristic crime database and allow him to be located if kidnapped.
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Posted by Ren Bucholz at
10:56 PM
May 22, 2004
U.S. Lubes Passports with RFID Snake Oil
That's the priceless headline of this Register article on the (many) problems with using RFID tags in passports.
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Posted by Ren Bucholz at
12:05 PM
May 03, 2004
CA Senate Passes RFID Privacy Bill
This is the first law we know of that explicitly addresses the privacy implications of RFID technology.
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Posted by Ren Bucholz at
11:44 PM
April 28, 2004
Never Lose Your Child in LEGOLAND Again!
Thanks to the new Kidspotter, absent-minded parents can keep track of their offspring by slapping on a brightly colored RFID tracking device. Too bad it only works in the park, eh?
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10:04 AM
