WarCloning, the New WarDriving?

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."

Comments

Good for crime fighting, scary for potential abuse

[hwyhobo]

Take a lesson from London video cameras and spread the RFID readers at each intersection, and now you can track everyone in the city remotely.

Protection

[riceboy50]

The first thing I did after receiving my RFID-embedded passport was to pick up one of these.

Re:Why?

[icebraining]

Yeah, but I bet it's easier to make a RFID protected wallet than extracting it from your skull.

Re:My hat ain't enough

[Gojira Shipi-Taro]

Interestingly enough, when I got my new Passport Card, it came with a little Faraday Cage sleeve (metalized mylar) with the instruction to put the card there when not in use. I don't remember getting anything like that when I got my (RFID carrying) Passport a while back, so maybe there's some realization of the problem on the issuing end...

Airport Demonstrations

[LuYu]

I thought about this when I first heard the news about RFIDs being included in passports -- and money. Now that there is a practical implementation, it is time for a bunch of privacy advocates to get a marquee style display and go to an international airport. They could stand outside of the arrivals customs area and scan and display people's personal information in order to demonstrate how completely these tags violate the passengers' Fourth Amendment rights.

The sign might look something like this:

Hello John Doe!
Your passport number is #########
Your SSN is ####-##-###
You are carrying two MasterCards, one Visa card, and one Diner's Club card.
You are carrying seven 100 dollar bills and ten 20 dollar bills. Say hello to Ben and Andy for us!
This information has all been made publicly available courtesy of Uncle Sam and your banks.
If you are offended by this sign, please contact your Congressmen as soon as possible.
If you would like further information, ask one of our friendly volunteers for an explanatory pamphlet!!

Have a Nice Day!

That should get people's attention. And it should be quite entertaining until the airport authorities figure it out. When they do, it would also be nice to point out that Freedom of Assembly is also an inalienable right!