How can RFID tags be exploited by a hacker?

From B. Schneier "Fatal Flaw Weakens RFID Passports"; http://www.schneier.com/essay-093.html

"...RFID chips are passive, and broadcast information to any reader that queries the chip. So critics, myself included, were worried that the new passports would reveal your identity without your consent or even your knowledge. Thieves could collect the personal data of people as they walk down a street..."

More on this from B. Schneier; https://encrypted.google.com/search?doma…

t is not possible in my opinion

How can RFID tags be exploited by a hacker?

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58 Responses to “How can RFID tags be exploited by a hacker?”

  1. megansmolenyak says:

    at first glance, I read "pets' first names." strangely, I found inquiring about that piece of personal data far funnier.

  2. max gorham says:

    (And let’s not even get into the fact that phishers only need unencrypted personal data to rip you off – and even expired cards make it easier.)

  3. abudu says:

    RT rel="nofollow" RT rel="nofollow" Personal data is a kind of currency, i.e. it needs to flow with trust, control, transparency, value

  4. jordanaxon says:

    Personal Data Protections Expand in Korea : Info Law Group

  5. MeninoNews says:

    #EasyHowTo: Google’s Plugging That Potential Android Personal Data Leakage Right Now

  6. Twitter says:

    RT rel="nofollow" says rel="nofollow" the locker project is designed to compile your personal data, and provide an app platform

  7. Android Fun says:

    RT rel="nofollow" RT rel="nofollow" says rel="nofollow" the locker project is designed to compile your personal data, and provide an app platform

  8. Twitter says:

    Unhosted - Imagine personal data freedom... -

  9. Mike_Hurst_HJA says:

    RT Google fixing Android flaw that could have leaked personal data from millions of phones

  10. Twitter says:

    RT rel="nofollow" Employee of Comptroller's office called to complain about rel="nofollow" posting her personal data online!

  11. Google Reader says:

    Google fixing Android flaw that could have leaked personal data from millions ... - Los Angeles Times

  12. ProfofPrivacy says:

    RT Personal data of 4,000 SEC employees exposed

  13. says rel="nofollow" if you didn't label chemicals in a lab, you have to treat them all as toxic. We don't label personal data

  14. Twitter says:

    RT rel="nofollow" これからのID系イベント。IIW, Digital death day (肉体の死後のDigIDと、デジタル的な死), EIC, Personal Data 2.0, PDE、PII、Privacy Camp、K、FSW、IDIB、NSTIC

  15. marketing - Twitter Search says:

    これからのID系イベント。IIW, Digital death day (肉体の死後のDigIDと、デジタル的な死), EIC, Personal Data 2.0, PDE、PII、Privacy Camp、K、FSW、IDIB、NSTIC

  16. cgyj says:

    RT Stolen laptop contained dental patients' personal data
    #dental #data

  17. geoformats says:

    Stolen laptop contained dental patients' personal data

  18. PsychAvenger says:

    The Data-Driven Life: tracking personal data #people #data #tracking

  19. Techmeme says:

    What was once an anonymous medium is now a tool for soliciting and analyzing our personal data. Here's why we should care.

  20. Techmeme says:

    Author warns about the “Filter Bubble”: By John Wilkens Eli Pariser says the race to collect as much personal data about us, and use ...

  21. The basic security in the forex stock trading software means that the personal data in the traders can also be p...

  22. Sebastien Page says:

    This time a poorly implemented app will expose your personal data

  23. Data Storage - Iphone/ipad - Android: A small database app that the user can input personal data and save, edit,...

  24. Deals24 says:

    RT rel="nofollow" worried about my brother & mom farming in Gunma. Farmers need to gather personal data on the radiation w/ the geiger counter immediately

  25. healing_massage says:

    Sony first discovered the security breach, which led to the theft of personal data from 100m online accounts, on 20 April

  26. PerlStalker says:

    India: Big Brother Can Transfer Your Personal Data To Anyone They Please

  27. MrDerpleton says:

    Just remember: Even if you like it it's still going to steal all of your personal data and sell it on the black market!

  28. "Selling" access to my own controlled & managed personal data is what's going to replace advertising - see rel="nofollow" (h/t rel="nofollow"

  29. gadget_u2 says:

    Personal data of 4,000 SEC employees exposed - SC Magazine US #security

  30. Anonymous says:

    And personal data can yield untold riches to whoever that gets it.

  31. digicoreireland says:

    Google Adds A Personal Data Encryption Option To Its Chrome Browser

  32. Twitter says:

    Honda Canada has notified about 280,000 customers in that country of a data breach involving the compromise of their personal data.

  33. lawenforcer2 says:

    My question is, Is it legal for them to have access to our personal data?

  34. petrajane says:

    I don't want his number. I also don't think its right to share personal data of prospective suitors on twitter.

  35. email says:

    Hearing from so many people that the personal data paradigm of rel="nofollow" will solve real problems they have on the web. rel="nofollow" ++

  36. pcguys says:

    Watchdog has has uncovered serious incidents of inappropriate access to personal data records in the insurance industry

  37. Johnn Luevanos says:

    At the Quantified Self Conf at CHM MV..

  38. find pdf says:

    The Data Protection Commissioner has uncovered serious incidents of inappropriate access to personal data records in the insurance industry.

  39. Social Security News says:

    PhD student Matthijs R. Koot creates a databse of 35 million Google profiles - scooping up real names, email addresses, and other personal data. Should you be worried? Read more…

  40. healing_massage says:

    The once anonymous Internet is now tool for soliciting, analyzing personal data

  41. 1UP RSS feed says:

    good morning...yes early morning in North America. Enjoying the opening of World Economic Forum Rethinking Personal Data Project Phase 2.

  42. 7sgbryantiv says:

    Can you explain why? Do you fear that Apple will sell your personal data because the service will be free ? Google does that too.

  43. Duder78 says:

    BBC News - Newsnight - Why personal data is at risk on unsecured public wi-fi:

  44. wardrox says:

    One way to stop them: have companies which store personal data encrypt it.

  45. chunkypuzzle says:

    Sega confirms that the personal data of 1.29 million of its customers was stolen in an attack on its systems.

  46. >when they lash it out at someone. Like destroying years of personal data? (hasnt happened to me just sayin)

  47. guruvy Headlines says:

    More than a third of storage devices tested by a government audit were found to retain customers' personal data, even after a "wipe and restore."

  48. Ping.fm says:

    What are some good argument points against rfid chips?

  49. westgaliberty says:

    I don't know about the "number of the beast" but I think secular privacy advocates should make common cause with religious types on RFID chips.

  50. Brad Greydon says:

    Say NO to Misuse of Personal Data through the Paper Shredders

  51. alsayerkw says:

    RT Here is my personal data visualization library: What is missing?

  52. Google Reader says:

    Police force published sensitive personal data on its website, data protection watchdog says (Out-law.com): ...

  53. Some hotels use RFID chips to keep linens from checking out: By Roger Yu, USA TODAY By Erik S. Lesser, for USA T...

  54. MSDN Blogs says:

    RT rel="nofollow" Will Privacy Concerns Spawn the Faceless Book? Facial recognition yields social security number, personal data

  55. Twitter says:

    Personal Data on Thousands Left Behind in Pub ....

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