April 23, 2006
Oyster cards sound jam
"Arphield recordings is a project documenting sound performed with RFID (arphid) technology, the radio frequency identification system used for access control and surveillance. The microchip inside each Oyster card tracks your journeys, beeping every time you enter or exit the tube. Join the mob at the Stockwell tube station for an impromptu sound jam/memorial using your oyster cards. 10 June 2006 at 14pm."
http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/002325.html
The sound of the metro entrance is very usual thing. But like my previous post indicates, it can be a good signal to notice something unaware.
Posted by sawako at 06:54 PM | Comments (0)
March 25, 2006
Poker Chip Spime
RFID-Enabled Casino Chips via GIZMODO
If there ever was a good reason to hack into RFID, this might be the winner. Some Korean company has started making poker chips equipped with RFID for easy counting at casino tables.
Posted by xncroft at 11:05 PM | Comments (0)
March 15, 2006
RFID Hacking scenarios
Scenarios for hacking RFID chips, but don't worry, our friends are safe so long as they don't scan in
other people with RFID tags they don't know.
www.rfidvirus.org
Posted by metabreed at 10:03 PM | Comments (0)
February 27, 2006
RFID Security Alert
It appears the threat was more theoretical than originally thought...
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February 24, 2006
Vending Machines As Police Robots
"The Japanese city of Osaka is eager to introduce high-tech systems for preventing/dealing with crimes. In addition to RFID-based mobile messaging service, special vending machines with embedded surveillance cameras will be used. "
http://ubiks.net/local/blog/jmt/archives3/003489.html
and now in operation...
http://ubiks.net/local/blog/jmt/archives3/005018.html
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February 20, 2006
US GOVERNMENT TO TRACK ANIMALS AND THEIR OWNERS
Plans for a system that would require tagging or implanting all farm
animals with radio frequency devices and registering those animals with
a federal government tracking system have been delayed until after
2009, the USDA announced last week. The National Animal Identification
System (NAIS) has been gaining support in the corporate agribusiness
world, supposedly as a method for sourcing the origins of Mad Cow
disease or possible terrorist biological attacks on the nation's
livestock. Opponents point out the plan was drawn up by corporate
behemoths like Monsanto and would require every owner of even a single
animal to register their home with a national tracking system,
including Global Positing Coordinates (for satellite tracking) and
implant or tag every animal with a radio frequency device (RFID).
Large-scale livestock producers say NAIS would help them control an
outbreak of disease by allowing individual animals to be tracked to
their origins. Small-scale farmers say the registration fees, RFID
expenses and administrative bureaucracy of the system would drive them
out of business. The USDA announced a delay in the launch of the
program last week, based on disputes in the cattle industry over who
gets control of the overall database. The OCA is in the process of
building an online NAIS information and action center to help citizens
educate themselves and offer feedback to the USDA on the NAIS issue.
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February 14, 2006
RFIdiculous
More from the "that's so last week"'s topic: radio frequency identification.
1. U.S. firm implants ID chips in workers (just like it says)
2. Tracked Workers (in the UK) Outraged Over RFID Tagging.
A different reaction
3. And to stay current with the whole torrid affair: RFID Journal
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February 06, 2006
very small RFID
EETimes.com - Hitachi advances paper-thin RFID chip
that is .15mm X .15 mm X 7.5 microns thin. paper is 80 microns thick.
Obese .3mm X .3mm chips on a finger.
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February 05, 2006
Just a thought
Progress and efficiency are coming our way!
Posted by mushon at 11:05 PM | Comments (1)
RFID/IVF/HFEA and other acronymous details follow:
In from "The World's No.1 Science & Technology News Service," NewScientist.com, an article dealing with electronic tags for eggs, sperm and embryos.
"The idea...is that an alarm will sound if the wrong eggs and sperm are brought close to one another, for instance, or if a doctor attempts to collect the wrong embryo to implant into a mother-to-be."
But is it safe?
"In Research Instruments’ tests, the tags transmitted continuously for four days without any perceptible effect on the embryos. Though the tests are not complete, “it looks very, very good that there’s going to be no problem with it,” David Lansdowne, technical director at the company told New Scientist."
whew.
Posted by ajs510 at 08:39 PM | Comments (0)
February 03, 2006
meghan trainor/RFID in wired
was this posted before?
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70135-0.html?tw=rss.index
from chris ault via the list. meghan is going to come into class on monday.
Posted by msantram at 11:26 AM | Comments (1)
All your Dutch RFID e-passports ....
Dutch e-passports which store information in an encrypted RFID have been reportedly cracked by the Dutch Security Firm Riscure. The data transmission was intercepted between the e-passport and the reader and the passcode was cracked, presumably by some bruteforce method, to access the stored contents of the e-passport. These contents were listed as digital fingerprint, digital photograph, other encrypted data (whats in there?) and plain text data, presumably whats printed on the passport and then some.
Fortunatly the US will be issuing e-passports starting this October using the same ISO 14443 spec and encryption scheme that was adopted as the world standard for these sorts of things.
The spec read distance on ISO 14443 passive chips is only 2mm, but claims for greater read distances are out there.
I suggest the new tin foil passport wallet ;)
More at The Register and Engadget General e-passport discussion at Security Info Watch and Vastly Important Blog
Posted by seans at 11:24 AM | Comments (0)
February 01, 2006
Testament: Do we really want to be tagged?
I've been thinking about this a lot after seeing our Monday class guest presenting at Dorkbot last month. I have very mixed feelings about this hype, which I will save for Monday. In the meanwhile you might want to check Rushkoff's new comic book called Testament. He has his own perspective on this RFID issue where in the not so far future all citizens will be tagged and the rebels will actually be the ones pulling the RFIDs out of their wrists.
The comic book's narrative is playing back-and-forth between the near-futuristic plot and biblical stories. In the first issue one of the main characters, one of the scientists behind the RFID tags technology is fighting the dilemma of having to tag his son with an RFID. The plot is refering to the story of the 'Aqedah' - god's test of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his only child.
check out a PDF sample, especially the last page.
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