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But Don’t Be Worried — the Government’s on the Case

6 February, 2009 (06:53) | Security, Tech

Hacker war drives San Francisco cloning RFID passports

Using a $250 Motorola RFID reader and antenna connected to his laptop, Chris recently drove around San Francisco reading RFID tags from passports, driver licenses, and other identity documents. In just 20 minutes, he found and cloned the passports of two very unaware US citizens.

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Comment from Uncle Al
Time: February 6, 2009, 2:23 pm

http://www.emvelope.com/
RFID blacker – floating Faraday age with impedence
http://sciplus.com/
check out Emvelope discount prices

“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws,” Ayn Rand

Consider opportunities afforded by government at all levels co-opting civil criminals to ride herd over political criminals.

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