The Smug Baldy Speaks » geek http://www.smugbaldy.com It's hard to think when you're not used to it. Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:25:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2008 paulus@smugbaldy.com (The Smug Baldy) paulus@smugbaldy.com (The Smug Baldy) Society & Culture 1440 Science,Skepticism,Culture,Politics,Humor,Psychics The Smug Baldy Speaks This is the podcast for those of you who who like their commentary to be barely entertaining, and your host to be only marginally informative. At least he has positive self regard, and a handy robot overlord as a segment announcer. The Smug Baldy The Smug Baldy paulus@smugbaldy.com No no http://www.smugbaldy.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/smugbaldy_speaks_image_small.png The Smug Baldy Speaks http://www.smugbaldy.com 144 144 How To Hack RFID Credit Cards for $8 http://www.smugbaldy.com/2008/03/19/how-to-hack-rfid-credit-cards-for-8/ http://www.smugbaldy.com/2008/03/19/how-to-hack-rfid-credit-cards-for-8/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:15:57 +0000 Smug Baldy http://www.smugbaldy.com/2008/03/19/how-to-hack-rfid-credit-cards-for-8/

In this video, Pablos Holman, a futurist and hacker shows how simple it is to steal RFID-enabled credit card information using an RFID reader he bought for about $8. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags are very hot right now as they allow companies to streamline their inventory systems. They’re also showing up in smart card applications – but – as in this case – without sufficient security – anyone with an RFID reader could grab your credit card info. Just by walking past you on a busy street.

I love spooky tech.

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