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Feds At DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-sure-now-you're-alarmed dept.

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.'"

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  1. Re:Missing the point. by Evil+Shabazz · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. ;)

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  2. Re:What do you bet... by xerxesVII · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find it peculiar that they were willing to participate in criminal activity but could not bring themselves to spell the word "FUCKING".

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  3. Re:What do you bet... by Shakrai · · Score: 4, Funny

    Provide a link or it didn't happen.

    Wait ten minutes and then check Wikipedia ;)

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