Have you seen the New American Passport? If you have, you know it is kinda creepy. First, the abundance of patriotic pictures (eagles, presidents, flags, you get the picture) is in fact so patriotic, it might burn a hole in your hand if you hold onto it for too long. Aside from the visual creepiness, well, it is also RFID enabled and depending on your take, this is creepy (or not). But whatever your view, here is a great example of how easy it is to crack, . RFID is, as Chris Paget puts it succinctly “available to be queried by a suitable reader.
February 2, 2009
Hacking RFID
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Aside from the visual creepiness, well, it is also RFID enabled and depending on your take, this is creepy (or not). But whatever your view, here is a great example of how easy it is to crack, . RFID is, as Chris Paget puts it ……
Trackback by Conspirama — February 2, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
So, he clones your passport. And?
He turns up at the airport with the clone, hands it over to the immigration officer, who says “Hi Biella, you seem to have put on weight since the sex change op, and when did you have the eye and finger transplant?”.
Got to admit the look of it is a bit of a turn off though!
Comment by John Hughes — February 3, 2009 @ 4:46 am
If you watched the video, I don’t the the issue that was raised was passport theft (though I do think that stealing the right number with your license could lead to identity theft of certain kinds which sucks).
The issue that he raised, which is most pertinent to RFID enabled licenses are tracking humans and their whereabout at all times. Of course this is already possible with cell phones, so perhaps it is a moot point although, with RFID there is a “democratization” of who can follow you.
Comment by Biella — February 3, 2009 @ 6:31 am