Global Security Watch: RFID Archives

Global Security Watch > September 27, 2006

Californians Consider RFID Law

[Liquidmatrix Security Digest] In light of the growing interest in RFID tags by government and industry alike we find the dark side. There was a presentation at HOPE in NYC this...

August 16, 2006

RFID Passports-hack the passport and other links

[ RunningWithBulls.com - The curse of Sanfermin] Now that RFID passports have been cloned, this scares the bejaysus out of me even more. As the hacker at the blackhat conference showed through a proof of concept, nasty people could use RFID readers to profile a passport of a certain nation, and use it to detonate an explosive device.

Posted at 03:33 AM

October 30, 2005

New World RFID Passports

[Hammer of Truth - Libertarian Blog] Starting in early 2006, the US Department of State will begin issuing passports with 64KB RFID (radio frequency identification) chips containing the name, nationality, gender, date of birth, place of birth, and digitised photograph of the passport holder.

Posted at 01:25 PM

October 29, 2005

U.S. to get RFID passports

[IO ERROR] U.S. to get RFID passports 2005/10/28 at 13:04:11 | Homeland Stupidity, Privacy | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Trackback URI Completely ignoring...

Posted at 01:49 PM

June 15, 2005

New RFID Smart Locks Replace Regular Doorknobs

[Lockergnome's Tech News Watch] The chips are so small you can hide them inside your cell phone’s battery cover, or tape it to your key chain. A back up keypad makes it easy to set up different codes for guests, children, and contractors, and the locks can be set to “auto lock” after a set period, or remain unlocked when you are at home.

Posted at 06:23 AM

June 14, 2005

British Organizations Speak Out on RFID Standardization

[RFID Gazette] The two groups hope to leverage their influence to benefit industries using RFID. Recently, UK news reported on a company that was tagging its workers during the work day. These types of events signal the urgency with which appropriate use of the technology must be considered.

Posted at 08:55 AM