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RFID: Credit Card Companies Bully Discovery, Mythbusters Into Axing Segment on RFID Vulnerabilities
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 04:09:07 -0400
http://gizmodo.com/5044442/credit-card-companies-bully-discovery-mythbusters-into-axing-segment-on-rfid-vulnerabilitiesSpeaking to an audience at the recent HOPE hackercon event, Mythbusters' Adam Savage describes a harrowing conference call in which most, if not all of the big name credit card companies bullied the Discovery Channel into axing a show involving RFID vulnerabilities. Adam noted that he got chills just thinking about it and claims that Tory still gets "white" when describing the conversation. I suppose anyone would feel a little intimidated (and probably pee their pants a little) when faced by the combined legal power of some of the most powerful businesses in the world. [Wired via Boing Boing]
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