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Viruses leap to smart radio tags


From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:02:39 -0400

from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4810576.stm

Computer viruses could be about to take a giant leap and start
spreading via smart barcodes, warn experts.

Security researchers have infected a Radio Frequency ID tag with a
computer virus to show how the technology is vulnerable to malicious
hackers

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-JP<who is having his RFID implant retrofitted>
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