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Exxon And Timex Release The Speedpass watch

Posted by timothy on from the we're-actually-tracking-rfid-paranoia dept.

introverted writes "Exxon and Timex have released a Speedpass-enabled watch. From the article, this sounds like a regular Timex watch with an RFID chip in it. According to a radio news story, you can not only use the watch to buy gas, but at some locations in Chicago you can also use it at McDonald's. The watch is available from Timex. This was first mentioned on Slashdot in March last year."

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  1. I need an RFID transceiver by coinreturn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I want to pass an RFID receiver over everybody's watches (especially at gas stations), collect the RFID, and then transmit it every time I need some gas. Cool - free gas, MacDonalds, etc.

  2. Time and money. by wondafucka · · Score: 4, Interesting
    One of my friends and I were theorizing a money system where your total cost of existance (rent, food, hookers) was summed up and divided by a cost per second. I forget the exact numbers but somewhere around the poverty level is around 3 cents a minute. We were horrified at the implications and applications. (You can only enter The Demiplex Residencies of the New United Anglophyles if you have a time money index of 20 cents a minute or higher).

    It's kind of cool (not really) how when we were little we saw visions of distopia and laughed. Now we see the building blocks being built before our eyes.

    I sure hope they build tinfoil hats with "speedpasses" so I don't have to take mine off to get a cheeseburger.

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  3. Hacking for fun and profit? by pesc · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How long until (1) someone makes a device to read others RFID chips (without them noticing), and (2) can create RFID tags with programmable IDs?

    Really, how is the security / authentication implemented here?

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  4. Do you still need an SSN? by billh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Years ago, when speedpass first came out, I filled out an application, but declined to put my SSN on it. If I link it to a credit card, why should you have my SSN?

    Needless to say, I never heard back, and I don't intend to ever get one if the SSN is required. Or maybe I'll just make one up and see what happens.

    For those who don't know - it is not a credit device, it is a billing device. It links to an existing credit card. They may have expanded to granting credit, but it was not part of the deal when I tried to sign up.