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Article: Radio frequency technologies are getting more powerful - and vulnerable to attack
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 4, 2009
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The same technological advances that are making personal
computers smaller and phones more energy-efficient are turning
gadgets that use radio frequency identification, or RFID, into
appealing targets for hackers.
Radio frequency chips and antennae, which typically transmit
small amounts of data in quick exchanges with reader devices, are
used in E-Z Pass systems on highways. Consumers who tap their
MasterCard PayPass bank cards on wireless readers are also using
RFID technology.
But as radio frequency chips evolve to store more data and to
transmit signals over greater distances, the devices can also be
coaxed into giving up personal information, specialists say.
Nicole Ozer, technology ...