Feds At DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned 509
FourthAge writes "Federal agents at the Defcon 17 conference were shocked to discover that they had been caught in the sights of an RFID reader connected to a web camera. The reader sniffed data from RFID-enabled ID cards and other documents carried by attendees in pockets and backpacks. The 'security enhancing' RFID chips are now found in passports, official documents and ID cards. 'For $30 to $50, the common, average person can put [a portable RFID-reading kit] together,' said security expert Brian Marcus, one of the people behind the RFID webcam project. 'This is why we're so adamant about making people aware this is very dangerous.'"
Re:The data was destroyed (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What do you bet... (Score:2, Funny)
screw moral character.
don't you watch tv - give up the blank card keeping the real data somewhere else.
Re:duh? (Score:2, Funny)
In fact, there are many things that are happening now which makes me think: "Are they doing this on purpose? Or are they retarded?"
Definitely retarded (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor [wikipedia.org]).
Re:What do you bet... (Score:4, Funny)
The only way that happens is if you are rich and have political connections.
That's not entirely true - if you're a bodyguard of a rich (important) person, you can legally protect them too.
Re:Missing the point. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:duh? (Score:3, Funny)
They're faithfully participating in a system which is institutionally insane
There, fixed that for ya.
Re:What do you bet... (Score:4, Funny)
Ah, nice. ESR is the perfect argument against an armed citizenry.
Every time some 12 year old posts "IMA KIL U U FAT FCK I AMA IRANYAN NINJA U NEVAR C ME CUMING!!!!1!!" on his blog, he craps his pants, buys another .45 extension for his shrinking penis, and gets another entry in his FBI "whackjob time waster" file.
Personally I think the entire "ESR" persona is the intartube's longest running piece of performance art, but it appears that some of his followers:
1) Actually believe that he's real and someone to be emulated...
2) Are armed.
Which is quite a worrying combination.
Re:What do you bet... (Score:5, Funny)
I find it peculiar that they were willing to participate in criminal activity but could not bring themselves to spell the word "FUCKING".
Re:bar-codes (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What do you bet... (Score:5, Funny)
Provide a link or it didn't happen.
Wait ten minutes and then check Wikipedia ;)
Re:Missing the point. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What do you bet... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What do you bet... (Score:3, Funny)
Actually it's because the same rules apply to them as apply to the rest of us.
Ha ha ha ha. Very funny.