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Officials secretly RFID'd at Internet Summit

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-just-creapy dept.

ewoudenberg writes "A Washington Times article reports that researchers managed to gain entrance to the Internet and technology conference in Switzerland last week only to discover that the summit's badges contained undisclosed RFID chips. The badges were handed out to more than 50 prime ministers, presidents and other high-level officials from 174 countries, including the United States."

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  1. Slashdort Needs to RFID Its Postings by aheath · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For those of you who are experiencing the sensation of "deja vu all over again" please see WSIS Physical Security Cracked.

  2. Welcome Welcome to to Slashdot Slashdot by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 3, Redundant

    I know the Slashdot editors don't read the story submissions, because my earthshattering submissions are never accepted. But do they even read the Slashdot homepage? They might notice duplicate stories.

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    1. Re:Welcome Welcome to to Slashdot Slashdot by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Don't let redundancy stop you from posting a comment.

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    2. Re:Welcome Welcome to to Slashdot Slashdot by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Don't let "redundancy" stop you from posting a comment.

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  3. Hmm, just maybe... by 11223 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Perhaps if they RFID-tagged Slashdot submissions, they could detect dups at a distance, before they were posted.

  4. Re:We don't need no stinkin badges! by brian728s · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This comment is a dupe of a dupe