RFID Driver's licenses for VA

Bill Stewart bill.stewart at pobox.com
Fri Oct 8 22:57:28 PDT 2004


>On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Sunder wrote:
> > So the cops and RFID h4x0rZ can know your true name from a distance.  and
> > since RFID tags, are what, $0.05 each, the terrorists and ID
> > counterfitters will be able to make fake ones too... Whee!
>At 04:35 PM 10/7/2004, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
>A defense is a metal board in a wallet, close to the RFID chip's antenna.
>It is readable when the licence is taken out of the wallet. When inside,
>the antenna is quite effectively shielded.

Tinfoil Wallets, anybody?  :-)

Actually, does anybody know if metallized mylar would do a good job
of blocking RFID readers, or if that carbon-fiber insulating cloth
that's useful for RF-shielded rooms would work well enough?

Also sounds like a good reason to carry a Rivest RFID blocker in your wallet.


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