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Feds At DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned
FourthAge writes "Federal agents at the Defcon 17 conference were shocked to discover that they had been caught in the sights of an RFID reader connected to a web camera. The reader sniffed data from RFID-enabled ID cards and other documents carried by attendees in pockets and backpacks. The 'security enhancing' RFID chips are now found in passports, official documents and ID cards. 'For $30 to $50, the common, average person can put [a portable RFID-reading kit] together,' said security expert Brian Marcus, one of the people behind the RFID webcam project. 'This is why we're so adamant about making people aware this is very dangerous.'"
The only way that happens is if you are rich and have political connections.
That's not entirely true - if you're a bodyguard of a rich (important) person, you can legally protect them too.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
I love acronyms. :) My mind read your first sentence as, "I was charged with writing [Piece of Shit] software where I work." "Point of Sale" is only a secondary parsing of that acronym for my language framework. ;)
Down with the career politician! SUPPORT TERM LIMITS
Ah, nice. ESR is the perfect argument against an armed citizenry.
Every time some 12 year old posts "IMA KIL U U FAT FCK I AMA IRANYAN NINJA U NEVAR C ME CUMING!!!!1!!" on his blog, he craps his pants, buys another .45 extension for his shrinking penis, and gets another entry in his FBI "whackjob time waster" file.
Personally I think the entire "ESR" persona is the intartube's longest running piece of performance art, but it appears that some of his followers:
1) Actually believe that he's real and someone to be emulated...
2) Are armed.
Which is quite a worrying combination.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
I find it peculiar that they were willing to participate in criminal activity but could not bring themselves to spell the word "FUCKING".
"We shall grapple with the ineffable, and see if we may not eff it after all." - Douglas Adams
Provide a link or it didn't happen.
Wait ten minutes and then check Wikipedia ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.