http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/ Engadget Comments for One billion RFID cards vulnerable to hacks http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/Mar 13th 2008 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/
Even the best encryption has some vulnerability to a hack of some sort, whether it's a digital attack or a physical misuse of the process using the tech.

]]>Mar 13th 2008 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/Mar 13th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/Also many dutch companies use this type cards for access to their buildings.

The supplier of this type cards - company NXP (former Philips Semiconductors) has been notified. So far - no official reaction. In the meantime manu dutch companies and all goverment building has placed extra humans to check on all people entering and exiting. ]]>Mar 13th 2008 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/
Now i'm just waiting until retailers start tagging their products with RFID and using them for checkout. Ah, the joy of getting something cheap! Must be the Dutch guy in me.]]>Mar 13th 2008 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/Mar 13th 2008 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/
googled example:
http://www.iautomate.com/r500sp.html

in my opinion RFID is a stupid technology that should be phased out for anything that requires encryption.]]>Mar 13th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/]]>Mar 13th 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/Mar 14th 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/Mar 17th 2008 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/
I just wanted to pre-empt the sh|tstorm that was about to be leveled against the gov't. The people who make decisions are not as inept as we're sometimes led to believe. Occasionally, they make decisions based on incomplete information and the promises of "the experts". And occasionally they get burned.

Five years ago, RFID was the shiznit; its developers swore up and down that the security kinks could be pounded out within the next few years -- definitely by primetime.

Mm-hmm.]]>Mar 13th 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/
But then, to your credit, I did actually read your REALLY long comment to the end. Even though I got bored halfway ... *yawn* need a snooze now. *snore*
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Dude, I work for gov't. This was the Executive Summary. You shoulda seen the long version...]]>Mar 13th 2008 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/
Many of the problems of RFID in security documents can be solved by using chips which require contact between chip and reader.

RFID is still pretty neat for some purposes, like supplychain monitoring.]]>Mar 13th 2008 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/
(and no you can't have it and i'm not gonna send it to someone more deserving than me, i was commenting on the amount of money on each card and how many they would have to copy to get a decent return on their investment. I presume the kit will cost a fair bit in both time and money)

Thank god i stopped myself short of getting one of the oyster/credit-card hybrid from barclays. would have been riley screwed then!
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Would save me a few thousand pounds a year I can tell you!]]>Mar 13th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/Mar 13th 2008 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/
"Nilay Patel do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

"I do, Eh?"]]>Mar 13th 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/one-billion-rfid-cards-vulnerable-to-hacks/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW3RGbQTLhE]]>Mar 13th 2008 5:07PM