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RFID Feared as Possible Terrorist Target?
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:32:22 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via eWeek. [snip] As if RFID chips in driver's licenses and passports weren't scary enough already, London's Royal Academy of Engineering is suggesting that someday a terrorist will be able to read personal details from a distance and, given the right antennas and amplification, set a bomb to go off when a particular person gets within range. It's already widely acknowledged that unencrypted data stored on an RFID chip in a passport can be read covertly by anybody with a pass-by reader. [snip] More: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2108437,00.asp - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFGCe/Nq1pz9mNUZTMRAnEiAJ9NLWA2pJL/r29nJT8jasHHJ52cYACdFOTZ lnX0zcWDEJgbuBDCz4AVngI= =oseu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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