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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.'"
This is a legal gray area, but a couple years back Wired suggested that hitting the passport's chip with a hammer would disable the RFID without obvious signs--a disabled RFID chip does not invalidate the passport.
No. You are wrong. It is fairly easy to get a license to purchase a shotgun that you leave at home in most places in America, yes, but in many places it is almost impossible to get a license to actually have the weapon with you. My friend's dad works in and out of Boston in some pretty rough neighborhoods, and after witnessing a crime and calling the police he had several DOCUMENTED threats made against his life (ie coming out to see WE ARE GOING TO F*CKING KILL YOU HONKY spraypainted on the side of his truck). Even with this, he was not able to obtain a concealed carry permit. His criminal record is 100% clean, and he even knew some guys high up in the force that could pull some strings, but eventually the reason he got was that they didn't see that he needed to carry a gun. Thankfully, he never ended up getting murdered, but don't just stand there and proclaim that it's not true that only criminals have guns, you just make yourself look like a fool.
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