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Researchers Find Problems With RFID Passport Cards

Posted by timothy on from the clearly-unpossible dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the University of Washington have found that RFID tags used in two new types of border-crossing documents in the US are vulnerable to snooping and copying. The information in these tags could be copied on to another, off-the-shelf tag, which might be used to impersonate the legitimate holder of the card." You can also read the summary of the researchers' report.

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  1. Researches @ Wasington University invent a "Wheel" by sc4ry4nt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe researches at Washington University should spend more time reading tech news than wasting research time and funds on proving the proven eh.