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FTC to Scrutinize Contactless Payment Technology
coondoggie writes to tell us that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be taking a look at contactless payment systems and the consumer protection issue surrounding them. "RFID technology provides obvious benefits, the FTC said. For example, the ability of producers using RFID to track exactly where in the supply chain their products are and by which retailer they were ultimately sold to a consumer has the potential to make product recalls more effective. However, there also may be costs regarding consumers' individual privacy rights associated with it."
Its a proprietary protocol in a proprietary device made by a company that lives on it's proprietary products.
I do like their products for some things and they do promote them well with hobbyists. Their prices are painful though.
Sounds like these guy's product: http://www.emvelope.com/products/show/1 , a Faraday Cage for your wallet. Could be worse.
This is the NSA, we're gonna geet U h@x0r5! Also, what is a h@x0r5?
really done.
Modify an ATM's card reader with a second card reader on top of the first. install Hidden camera with transmitter overlooking the atm keypad.
Sit outside with the receiver setup/ or dump the receiver set to record everything into the convent trash can.
people use ATM the camera only records motion and records pin's while the card reader records cards.
Later gather the data by taking entire trash bag containing receiver. you can make generic cards easily enough. Walk up to another ATM with your generic card, swipe it, and enter the pin you have just gathered.
card and Pin numbers aren't hard to get. RFID as you can simply walk around with it.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
That's not quite accurate. Both MasterCard and Visa have fraud departments. Both monitor fraud and require their member banks to remain below a certain threshold, otherwise their fees increase or contracts get withdrawn. Fraud is a large expense (customer service, closed accounts, etc.) and is considered harmful to their brand image.
Developers: We can use your help.
Oh, you have nothing to worry about. The cameras at every store you've ever been to is not there to watch the customer. It's to watch the person at the register, either as they get shot in a robbery or to accuse them of stealing. Ever watch security camera video from a bank or gas station robbery? You can barely see the perp, but there's a great over-the-shoulder shot of the register and the smokes.
IAACPRC (contract postal retail clerk)
Express Mail gets lost. Trust me, I've had it happen once or twice in my two years' work at a contract postal unit (meaning I work for a business which runs a USPS-funded post office) because EMS is just like any other of the "usual" services - Delivery/Signature Confirmation, Certified Mail, Insured Mail. These barcoded services are traceable, but only at certain points, and in some cases (e.g. DC and Certified) USPS only guarantees you'll get a delivery scan; intermediate scans are basically a "courtesy" to the customer. The only advantage of EMS is it includes $100 of insurance and it's scanned in at every stopping point.
If you really don't want something to get lost, send it Registered Mail. Registered stuff doesn't get lost; it's someone's job, because they can literally narrow it down to one employee who last had the item in their possession. Every employee who takes a registered item into possession has to sign for it, so there's a traceable system of receipts linking an item to an employee from acceptance to delivery.