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RFID can be easily hacked

Submitted by meekandmild on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 17:40
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Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards of strangers, wirelessly, without ever leaving his car.

It took him 20 minutes to strike hacker's gold.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090712/D99CRDAG0.html

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Not really a hack

Submitted by sleepdog on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 15:32.

The info is just freely available to anyone with a reader, courtesy of Uncle Sam.

I'm getting one of those lead lined passport holders, or whatever they're made of, BECAUSE MY PASSPORT WILL BE MADE OF KRYPTON!

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- Robert E. Lee, 1866

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Bump for the day crew

Submitted by meekandmild on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 09:36.

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great post

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 20:44.

bump for freedom*))

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Well, now that we know how to hack them....

Submitted by loyaltothecrazyuncle on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 20:28.

we can thank the government for spending another zigbillion tax federal reserve notes and burying our kids even further into debt that they didn't bring on themselves.....for "another" useless over reach.

Great! Thanks.

Submitted by AttilasDaughter on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 19:19.

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"I think it would be a good idea"

Mahatma Gandhi,
when asked what he thought of Western civilization

YW

Submitted by meekandmild on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 14:57.

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Bump.

Submitted by Qwerk on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 18:49.

Down with chips.

Good find. And the winner of

Submitted by WakingUpZombies on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 18:28.

Good find.

And the winner of the 'No-Prize' is.....

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And the winner of the 'No-Prize' is.....

Winner of no prize

Submitted by meekandmild on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 21:14.

do you work for the Federal government? Do I have to pay taxes on that "no prize"?