[Novalug] Mythbusters, RFID

James Ewing Cottrell 3rd JECottrell3@Comcast.NET
Fri May 4 15:10:17 EDT 2012


Is there a way to either [1] disab;e the RFID or [2] request a new card 
without RFID?

JIM

On 4/16/2012 12:04 PM, greg pryzby wrote:
> Keith is correct from what I see-- no change, totally
> hackable/stealable/insecure
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Keith Howell<keith.c.howell@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Very little has changed.
>>
>> EU is trying 'chip and pin', but Adam Laurie (aka Major Malfunction) has
>> already demonstrated the flaws in that at DefCon.
>>
>> Most of the static number cards can be duplicated or emulated. Even some of
>> the crypto cards have been broken.
>>
>> Even the E-Passport system has been shown to have implementation flaws that
>> allow a fake passport to be used.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> On Apr 16, 2012 8:49 AM, "jerry w"<jerrywone@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Wonder what if any improvements have been made
>>> and implemented to RFID since 2008...
>>> ~4 years in tech = long time
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Keith Howell<keith.c.howell@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 04/15/2012 08:44 AM, greg pryzby wrote:
>>>>> It is, as evident in the title. HOWEVER, this came up at the meeting,
>>>>> so Pete was providing the link (thank you) for those of us who are
>>>>> older and wouldn't remember to look this up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Context is everything.
>>>> Thanks for the context Greg. It makes more sense now.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Keith
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Jerry W
>
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