Monday, December 25, 2006

RFID Challenges

RFID still challenged by security and privacy issues. Use of RFID in credit cards is challenged as not being secure. And, RFID in passports is worrisome. ...

... "For example, there are about 11 million MasterCard cards in use worldwide with RFID chips. That's a fraction of the roughly 1 billion MasterCard cards in use, but issuing banks are increasingly making RFID cards the default replacement cards sent to users when their old cards expire. " ...


Via Dallas Morning News: Read

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