Comment Must be free to highlight problems (Score 2, Insightful) 144
The work of computer security professionals to reveal RFID vulnerabilities is integral to ensuring that the privacy, personal security, and public safety of millions of Americans are properly safeguarded.
With the Department of Homeland Security expected to release the Real ID regulations very soon and dictate what type of machine readable technology will be in every drivers' license and whether it will contain RFID chips, and the Department of State starting to roll out RFID-embedded passports, it is particularly important that the government and the public have all the information about RFID technology and understand that the use of RFID technology without proper protections can seriously threaten privacy, personal security, and public safety.
Lots more info about this story and RFID vulnerabilities at www.aclunc.org/techblog
With the Department of Homeland Security expected to release the Real ID regulations very soon and dictate what type of machine readable technology will be in every drivers' license and whether it will contain RFID chips, and the Department of State starting to roll out RFID-embedded passports, it is particularly important that the government and the public have all the information about RFID technology and understand that the use of RFID technology without proper protections can seriously threaten privacy, personal security, and public safety.
Lots more info about this story and RFID vulnerabilities at www.aclunc.org/techblog
