From leichter@lrw.com Fri Jul 6 02:41:42 2018 From: Jerry Leichter To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: "Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon" Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:41:42 +0000 Message-ID: <172289042877.3849117.8490443534515124886.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4775668116540251933==" --===============4775668116540251933== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sep 4, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Matt Crawford wrote: >>". . . federal agents at the conference got a scare on Friday when =20 >>they were told they might have been caught in the sights of an RFID =20 >>reader. >> >>The reader, connected to a web camera, sniffed data from RFID-=20 >>enabled ID cards and other documents carried by attendees in =20 >>pockets and backpacks as they passed a table where the equipment =20 >>was stationed in full view...." > > >I told them so... > >http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/piv/documents/FIPS201-Public-Comments/Fermil= ab-Computer-Security.pdf Remember: Before it's actually happened, any discussion is just =20 reckless speculation, rumor-mongering, or worse. After it's actually happened, it's either (a) not a real issue; (b) a =20 major new attack that could not have been foreseen but that will be =20 dealt with immediately by top people. Top people. -- Jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo(a)metzdowd.com ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --===============4775668116540251933==--