My original understanding of RFID was that it was just one really long (96 bits or longer) ID (number) and nothing else. I didn't realize there was any way to STORE information on the RFID tag.
Now I'm more concerned with RFID that I was originally. If it was just an immutable ID then I only see privacy concerns, but not "hacking" concerns from the RFID tag itself.
Since evidently some versions can actually store user data then this opens it up to a whole new class of problems.
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My original understanding of RFID was that it was just one really long (96 bits or longer) ID (number) and nothing else. I didn't realize there was any way to STORE information on the RFID tag.
Now I'm more concerned with RFID that I was originally. If it was just an immutable ID then I only see privacy concerns, but not "hacking" concerns from the RFID tag itself.
Since evidently some versions can actually store user data then this opens it up to a whole new class of problems.