Re:Shielding RFID against security
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RFID Explained
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Hey, I see a market here. Instead of sheilding, try masking. These should all use the same or close frequency. So, time for a jammer. Simple RF noise, or a pattern.
How easy would it be to substitute one for another, say a $10 toy TV id for a $700 real TV.
I've had real experience here. A car battery died, and I took it to Wal-Mart. The alarm went off on my entry with the old one. After five years in my car. Went off again when I left with it, and again at the Autozone where I originally bought it and was able to get a replacement.
How to have fun - take a current tag carefully off an item, and drop it on someone's person. A messy pocketbook is a good place. Then they will get hassled by every store with security scanners.
Now for the real question: how long before you see the first spam message for a device to mask RFID?
I prefer the simple method - hammer and chisel style. Two networks, with a cheap Linux (or even Linksys) firewall between. Secure net can get out, unsecure can't get back in. Wi-Fi only on the unsecure. A hint of red/black syndrome.
What is the crying shame is the tonnage of knowlegable IT folks that live within 30 minutes drive of Palo Alto. This is the southern end of Silicon Valley. Surely someone could donate time to help the school. I'd rather donate time than pay higher taxes for a cheapest bid contractor to mangle the school network.
And, don't forget the high cost of living in Palo Alto. Even a "well paid" teacher can just be barely breaking even.
Yes, this is a bit off subject, but the radio stations that are strangled by mega-corps are part of the problem, and are in bed with RIAA.
If you want an alternative, try rtsp://www.rsu.edu:554/encoder/krsc-fm which is a college station w/o play lists.
Anyway, we are stuck with the old model of making cassettes from albums for your friends. It's just that RIAA couldn't stop that. But now, the community is larger, and the duplicates are better. (But don't try to tell me a lossy MP3 is as good as the original.) However, I remember makeing casette tapes better than factory tapes, so that argument doesn't wash with me.
The problem is that they are trying to put the Genie back into the bottle, and charge per wish. Not only that, RIAA charges file swappers for their market downturn, with actually people are buy less, and definately buying less items that they don't have to have.
The only mp3 that I have downloaded was Alice's Restaurant from Arlo's personal web site. Are they going after me since I can't prove where I got it?!?
Posix - all games should be coded to this standard, and they could run on any Posix compliant OS.
(This ad sponsored by the UN. Please submit all comments in Esperanto.)
O Brother Where Art Thou was full digital for post produciton. To be a "real" movie, no CGI (afaik), it was heavy with digital effects. All the outdoor scenes had green trees, but digitally made brown for a drought look. I may not be a movie pro, but that movie was one of the best for full screen effects.
Allow the open source coders to build code for a multi-tuner Linux PVR, put it on a cheap PC with a card that can pull in a digital cable signal (perhaps a DOCSIS card?) and a good video card with TV out. Then you don't have to worry about TiVo (etc) going out of business. And, doesn't the FCC say that we can plug any box we want to into the cable demarc?
How can the police wiretap the voice channel? I could imagine a terrorist network of XBox systems. And now the police will have to travel from Minnesota to Redmond to witness the wiretap.
What about PTT complaints of violation of phone tarrifs? If you make international voice connections, there could be some serious legal issues. I hope none of these systems make their way into the PRC!
But there is a better way
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Disconnecting
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Flex.com (HI) has the best policy.
#1 No call center.
#2 If you don't know what your doing, go somewhere else.
#3 You are billed monthly by automated e-mail, and you manually pay by web page and card monthly.
#4 Don't pay three months, and your account is automatically canceled. (THIS IS THE POSTED PROCEDURE!)
I had to switch off because they dropped Broadwing dialup service for someone that doesn't server the backwater where I live (Worldcom, Williams, and Brooks Fiber all have major offices here, so it must be a backwater.) Anyway, all I have to do is ignore three e-mails.
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Hey, I see a market here. Instead of sheilding, try masking. These should all use the same or close frequency. So, time for a jammer. Simple RF noise, or a pattern. How easy would it be to substitute one for another, say a $10 toy TV id for a $700 real TV. I've had real experience here. A car battery died, and I took it to Wal-Mart. The alarm went off on my entry with the old one. After five years in my car. Went off again when I left with it, and again at the Autozone where I originally bought it and was able to get a replacement. How to have fun - take a current tag carefully off an item, and drop it on someone's person. A messy pocketbook is a good place. Then they will get hassled by every store with security scanners. Now for the real question: how long before you see the first spam message for a device to mask RFID?
I prefer the simple method - hammer and chisel style. Two networks, with a cheap Linux (or even Linksys) firewall between. Secure net can get out, unsecure can't get back in. Wi-Fi only on the unsecure. A hint of red/black syndrome.
What is the crying shame is the tonnage of knowlegable IT folks that live within 30 minutes drive of Palo Alto. This is the southern end of Silicon Valley. Surely someone could donate time to help the school. I'd rather donate time than pay higher taxes for a cheapest bid contractor to mangle the school network.
And, don't forget the high cost of living in Palo Alto. Even a "well paid" teacher can just be barely breaking even.
Yes, this is a bit off subject, but the radio stations that are strangled by mega-corps are part of the problem, and are in bed with RIAA. If you want an alternative, try rtsp://www.rsu.edu:554/encoder/krsc-fm which is a college station w/o play lists. Anyway, we are stuck with the old model of making cassettes from albums for your friends. It's just that RIAA couldn't stop that. But now, the community is larger, and the duplicates are better. (But don't try to tell me a lossy MP3 is as good as the original.) However, I remember makeing casette tapes better than factory tapes, so that argument doesn't wash with me. The problem is that they are trying to put the Genie back into the bottle, and charge per wish. Not only that, RIAA charges file swappers for their market downturn, with actually people are buy less, and definately buying less items that they don't have to have. The only mp3 that I have downloaded was Alice's Restaurant from Arlo's personal web site. Are they going after me since I can't prove where I got it?!?
Posix - all games should be coded to this standard, and they could run on any Posix compliant OS. (This ad sponsored by the UN. Please submit all comments in Esperanto.)
O Brother Where Art Thou was full digital for post produciton. To be a "real" movie, no CGI (afaik), it was heavy with digital effects. All the outdoor scenes had green trees, but digitally made brown for a drought look. I may not be a movie pro, but that movie was one of the best for full screen effects.
Help! I'm having a C64 flashback!!!!!!!!!!
Allow the open source coders to build code for a multi-tuner Linux PVR, put it on a cheap PC with a card that can pull in a digital cable signal (perhaps a DOCSIS card?) and a good video card with TV out. Then you don't have to worry about TiVo (etc) going out of business. And, doesn't the FCC say that we can plug any box we want to into the cable demarc?
I still have my textbook: Business Programming in Fortran IV. I've gotten a lot of laughs with it, too.
Hollingsworth is submitting a bill to make it manditory to have a device on all felt tip pens to prevent use on copy-protected CDs.
How can the police wiretap the voice channel? I could imagine a terrorist network of XBox systems. And now the police will have to travel from Minnesota to Redmond to witness the wiretap. What about PTT complaints of violation of phone tarrifs? If you make international voice connections, there could be some serious legal issues. I hope none of these systems make their way into the PRC!
Flex.com (HI) has the best policy. #1 No call center. #2 If you don't know what your doing, go somewhere else. #3 You are billed monthly by automated e-mail, and you manually pay by web page and card monthly. #4 Don't pay three months, and your account is automatically canceled. (THIS IS THE POSTED PROCEDURE!) I had to switch off because they dropped Broadwing dialup service for someone that doesn't server the backwater where I live (Worldcom, Williams, and Brooks Fiber all have major offices here, so it must be a backwater.) Anyway, all I have to do is ignore three e-mails.