Evanrude - Slashdot User

Comment Many Many Thanks! (Score 1) 1521

by Evanrude on Friday August 26, 2011 @03:44AM (#37216428) Attached to: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot

I feel so late to the game on this! I must be losing my geek edge...

Best of luck in all your new endeavors. Many thanks to Rob and Jeff for everything they've done to make Slashdot what it is and what I hope it will continue to be.

Feds At DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned 509

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 06, 2009 @09:40AM from the oh-sure-now-you're-alarmed dept.

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.'"

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