Feds At DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 6, 2009 @01:40AM 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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Re:What do you bet... by jopsen · 2009-08-06 04:23 · Score: 1, Troll

It's easier to outlaw gadgets than to admit you're wrong.
That's why, thanks to recent laws, only criminals carry guns. Pretty soon only criminals will have webcameras or RFID sniffers.
I agree that RFID sniffers should not be outlawed... But the comparison to guns is ridiculous.

By the way, I'm not going to waste my time arguing gun policy with you... :)
- Just, merely state that as a Danish citizen I'm happy with the strict gun policy and never regardless of the arguments you may bring up going to find nonrestrictive gun policies sane.