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[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: Re: [IP] Networked RFID and Near Field Communications]
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:42:20 -0500
From: Jeffrey Joslin <jj () joslins net>
Reply-To: jj () joslins net
To: dave () farber net
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Networked RFID and Near Field Communications
> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:32:53 +0100
> From: Robert.Shaw () itu int
> To: dave () farber net
>
> Dave,
>
> I've been in an ITU workshop on networked RFID this
> week in Geneva and it is very clear from the presentations that
> the experts envision mobile phones converging rapidly with RFID
...

Umm, that is definitely an understatement...

Cellphone could crack RFID tags, says cryptographer
Rick Merritt    
EE Times
(02/14/2006 4:26 PM EST)
http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180201688

> From that article:
"I haven’t tested all RFID tags, but we did test the biggest brand and
it is totally unprotected," Shamir said. Using this approach, "a
cellphone has all the ingredients you need to conduct an attack and
compromise all the RFID tags in the vicinity," he added.

Jeffrey

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