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WarCloning, the New WarDriving?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the now-everyone-with-a-laptop-in-their-car-is-gonna-get-searched dept.

ChrisPaget writes "After my legal skirmishes with HID a while back, The Register has coverage of my latest RFID work — cloning Passport Cards and Electronic Drivers Licenses from a moving vehicle. Full details will be released at Shmoocon this weekend, but in the meantime there's video of the equipment and articles all over the place."

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  1. My hat ain't enough by sls1j · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like I'll be getting a matching tin foil wallet to go with the hat.

  2. WarCloning? by spyder913 · · Score: 4, Funny

    WarDriving = Driving around finding open APs.
    "WarCloning" = Driving around cloning RFID stuff.

    Shouldn't it be "CloneDriving" or something else? Though I suppose all of them are equally dumb. So nevermind...

  3. Re:Protection by chill · · Score: 4, Funny

    Really? The first thing I did was pick up one of these, which I already had on hand at the house. Mine is *guaranteed* effective. :-)

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  4. Tin Foil Hat!! by corsec67 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think that is a VERY legitimate use of a tinfoil hat... /Couldn't resist.

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  5. Re:Protection by chill · · Score: 2, Funny

    I do believe the magnetron in the microwave is a tad more energetic than your average RFID reader. Well, I hope it is anyway. If not, we're going to have some seriously upset -- and sterile -- border control agents.

    Thanks for the input, though.

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  6. I have an even better solution by Miseph · · Score: 2, Funny

    We should make RFID highly controlled instead. Once we make RFID ownership illegal then only criminals will have RFID, and they'll be a whole lot easier to find.

    Hey, it works for guns, right?

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