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Submission + - Feds at DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned (wired.com)

Submitted by

FourthAge

on Thursday August 06, 2009 @06:38AM

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.""

Comment Lock me up (Score 1) 2

by wilpig on Sunday August 02, 2009 @07:27AM (#28915527) Attached to: Hotline launched to combat child porn

Does this come with a disclaimer that you will be prosecuted for your submission as well?

Submission + - SUSE Studio 1.0 Released (susestudio.com)

Submitted by

apokryphos

on Sunday August 02, 2009 @04:01AM

apokryphos writes: "Novell have just announced the release of SUSE studio 1.0 — a user-friendly web service that allows you to create your customised Linux distribution as a live CD, USB, Xen or VMware image. Users have control over adding any repositories, packages and files to the distribution; full creation and customisation of the software appliance from a new user takes roughly ten minutes. It also includes a flash-based "testdrive" service which allows you to try out your appliance in a web browser before downloading it."

Submission + - FCC Probing Apple, AT&T Rejection of Google Vo (cnet.com) 4

Submitted by suraj.sun on Friday July 31, 2009 @08:36PM

suraj.sun writes: FCC Probing Apple, AT&T Rejection of Google Voice App

Already having raised the ire of some developers and customers, the decision to disallow the Google Voice application on Apple's App Store has also attracted the attention of the FCC.

According to a Dow Jones Newswire report, on Friday afternoon the FCC sent letters to Apple, AT&T, and Google. The FCC inquiry asks Apple why the Google Voice application was rejected from its App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and why it removed third-party applications built on the Google app that had been previously approved.

The FCC also asks whether AT&T was allowed to weigh in on the application before it was rejected, and seeks a description of the application from its creator, Google, according to the report.

CNET News : http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10301259-37.html

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