Researchers See Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards

The New York Times reports on 23rd Oct that university researchers found that next generation RFID based cards info are not encrypted and easily culled:

"They could skim and store the information from a card with a device the size of a couple of paperback books, which they cobbled together from readily available computer and radio components for $150. They say they could probably make another one even smaller and cheaper: about the size of a pack of gum for less than $50. And because the cards can be read even through a wallet or an item of clothing, the security of the information, the researchers say, is startlingly weak. ‘Would you be comfortable wearing your name, your credit card number and your card expiration date on your T-shirt?’ Mr. Heydt-Benjamin, a graduate student, asked."

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Written by pinolobu on October 23rd, 2006 with no comments.
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The Devil’s Guide to Google

There’s an interesting list at Google Blogoscoped that lists several ways in which to be a "totally evil, worm-like creature with Google’s array of services in under a month". Why would you want to do that? To get money comes to mind.

Number 4 suggests an (of course illegal) way to get money via Adsense:

Pay a 12-men army of Russian click-workers to click on your AdSense. Tell them how to switch proxies so they won’t show the same IP to Google. Cash in the check.

Another 9 is suggested in the list.

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Written by pinolobu on June 25th, 2006 with no comments.
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