Re: Vulnerabilities in First-Generation RFID-Enabled Credit Cards

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:29:45 EDT, rms () bsf-llc com said:

> Here are all of the technical details.  I'm still scratching my head why a
> RFID credit card doesn't have a little momentary contact switch which must
> be pushed in order to activate the RFID chip.  With this simple addition,
> cards can't be read on the sly.

At that point, do something sensible like use the already existing smart-card
technology that requires physical contact - at that point, the reader can power
the chipset so you can have a lot more on-board storage and computation.

Kinda like some credit card vendors have done for *years*. ;)

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