New Controversy over Black Hat Presentation

uniquebydegrees writes "InfoWorld is reporting about a new controversy swirling around a planned presentation at Black Hat Federal in Washington D.C. this week. Security researcher Chris Paget of IOActive will demo an RFID hacking tool that can crack HID brand door access cards. HID Corp., which makes the cards, is miffed and is accusing IOActive of patent infringement over the presentation, recalling the legal wrangling over Michael Lynn's presentation of a Cisco IOS hole at Black Hat in 2005. Black Hat's Jeff Moss says they're standing by their speaker. A news conference is scheduled for tomorrow AM." Update: 02/27 20:10 GMT by Z :InfoWorldMike wrote with a link to story saying that the presentation has been pulled from the slate for Black Hat, as a result of this pressure.

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Re:Proximity vs RFID

[innocent_white_lamb]

Are you a Professional Engineer? If not, I strongly suggest that you avoid referring to yourself as "The Engineer" as there are hefty fines for doing so. A guy not too far from recently got fined several thousand dollars for calling himself an Engineer, in fact.
 
You might be able to get away with calling yourself an engineer, no capitalization. Perhaps not. You won't be able to swing "The Engineer", though.
 
Of course, if you are in fact a P.Eng, then you're welcome to carry on!