"Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon"

[Jerry Leichter]

On Sep 4, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Matt Crawford wrote:
>>". . . federal agents at the conference got a scare on Friday when  
>>they were told they might have been caught in the sights of an RFID  
>>reader.
>>
>>The reader, connected to a web camera, sniffed data from RFID- 
>>enabled ID cards and other documents carried by attendees in  
>>pockets and backpacks as they passed a table where the equipment  
>>was stationed in full view...."
>
>
>I told them so...
>
>http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/piv/documents/FIPS201-Public-Comments/Fermilab-Computer-Security.pdf
Remember:  Before it's actually happened, any discussion is just  
reckless speculation, rumor-mongering, or worse.

After it's actually happened, it's either (a) not a real issue; (b) a  
major new attack that could not have been foreseen but that will be  
dealt with immediately by top people.  Top people.
                                                        -- Jerry

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