FEDS SCAN THROUGH YOUR CLOTHES

FEDS SCAN THROUGH YOUR CLOTHES —————————– ... Frequency Identification (RFID) machines, allow officials to read remotely any passports, pass cards ... , nationality, passport or ID number, and even a digitized photo. The new gadgets are in place, or soon [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 13:30:48

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My Labels

The pic is of a boy fishing in a canal. The text below is my entire collection of blog labels. (This ought to be interesting to see what kind of blog hits that this entry gets. Everything is an experiment, but this is a real eye-glazer for most readers.)All Labels:$5 cheeseburger 177 passengers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 02:33:00

Chip Implants To Avoid Identity Frauds? By Mary Wise

Chip Implants To Avoid Identity Frauds? By Mary Wise Posted by: admin In: ... . However it is said that its pay system, based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology ... of the owner’s interests? Not So New RFID tags are becoming popular, especially with those companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:55:12

New from Uncle Sam: a passport that fits in your wallet

New from Uncle Sam: a passport that fits in your wallet Jason Cochran Sep 10th 2008 Filed under: Extracurriculars, Simplification, Technology, ... zippy little Passport Cards, which are sized for wallets and contain the mandated (and controversial) RFID chip that makes crossing borders much breezier. Makes sense to me. Booklet-size passports [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 14:23:12

A Robo Might Be You Ticket Seller Soon

The popularity of e-money gains is on an all time high in Japan ... FeliCa RFID readers are popping up everywhere. And now, electronic giant NEC is readying to make a new ... the reader/writer embedded in the left hand. The andriod will also be able to transfer electronic coupons [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 05:11:00

Impressions On The Upcoming NFC Technology - Your Mobile As Your Wallet Or Ticket Or…

Fresh from a Q&A on three of Nokia’s upcoming innovations - Near Field Communication (NFC) ... your credit cards, loyalty cards, and travel card all in one place: inside your mobile phone. Basically ... as your credit card and so on. Interesting and very desirable. So the first question that comes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 16:05:40

Those RFID Chips in Your Wallet

Earlier this week I finished The Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver.  This was the first book of his that I’ve read ... other things, RFID chips attached to credit cards in their wallets. I received the TechRepublic ... of this technology.  What really got my attention in the article was this: Between the RFID chips [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 10:46:21

Sunny Side Up… Great story about how one is using their Poketo wallet

Sunny Side Up… Great story about how one is using their Poketo wallet by Poketo You can view the story of one of our customers here… combining RFID, subways, the sun, and Poketo wallets. I do something similar with my garage key card. I love to see how peeps use their Poketos. I have some friends that put pictures in the coin [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:09:54

What to do about RFID chips in your wallet

Have you wondered about the security implications of RFID chips in your driver’s license, credit cards, and passport? ... RFID policies that can affect you right now. Between the RFID chips in new US passports and similar ... The growing prevalence of RFID transponders in these items, and others, can raise security [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 18:19:17

10 Tips to Keep Identity Theft from Ruining Holiday Travel Plans

From Brian Lapidus, Chief Operating Officer for Kroll Fraud Solutions Attention Holiday Travelers: There’s good news and bad news to report about the 2008 holiday travel season. The good news? Despite current economic challenges, Americans are still planning to travel to spend the holidays with family and friends, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 06:24:11

Sept. Scientific American: Dude, Where's My Privacy?

keyfob Gizmodo.com A new generation of RFID-enabled credit cards, like this Mastercard Paypass keyfob from Citibank, ... of privacy, to RFID chips that can track more than inventory. Here's an RFID chip reader used ... stranger than fiction in How RFID Tags Could Be Used [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 17:18:58

The Friday Pimp Post: All Ages Edition

Good Morning! It's t-minus how many days until the holiday season? ... the bag. Why is this something someone might want? New U.S. passports, "smart" credit cards, and even some driver's licenses contain RFID chips with personal [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 14:00:31

RFID chips in U.S. passport cards and some driver's licenses are at risk of being cou

RFID chips in U.S. passport cards and some driver's licenses are at risk of being counterfeited or tracked, researchers say. ID inside: The antenna in the new U.S. passport card, shown above, emits radio frequency ... identification (RFID) devices that can be read at a distance. If a traveler holds a card [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 10:48:48

Robot ticketer welcomes cashless thrillseekers

As the use of e-money gains popularity in Japan, versatile FeliCa RFID readers that support multiple forms of electronic currency are popping ... and then swipe their phone over the reader/writer embedded in the left hand. The robot can also [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 13:01:02

The Future of Money

RCA: The Future of Money @ Core77 via Beyond the Beyond ... or to buy illegal services and goods. In third world countries ATM cash-machines are rarely available ... or RFID cards is a very engineered and raw-data driven transaction, the experience and the process [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 19:14:07

New York now offering Enhanced Driver's Licenses with RFID

Filed under: Etc., Tech New York has now become the second state in the country to offer RFID-embedded driver's licenses. Following Washington State's lead last year, the radio-frequency identification (aka RFID) licenses will be offered at a $30 premium over the standard driver's license. The benefits of the RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 20:15:11

[Dbworld] CFP: Handbook of Research on Mobile Software Engineering: Design, Implementation and Applications

From: “Paulo Alencar” <palencar at cs.uwaterloo.ca> Handbook of Research on Mobile Software Engineering: Design, Implementation and Emergent Applications CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: January 31, 2009 Edited by Dr. Paulo Alencar and Dr. Donald Cowan University of Waterloo, Canada http://www.igi-global [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 21:32:50

Peratech reduces the risks of Contactless RFID

Peratech reduces the risks of Contactless RFID Chip and Pin was introduced to reduce skimming of credit cards, i.e ... to contactless cards which are now being trialled in the UK such as Oyster, Visa Wave and O2 Wallet. Contactless RFID is well established for access control for buildings; simply wave your pass near [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 12:20:52

Welcome to airline pricing at the ballpark! (Yuck)

News Item from MLB.com: The Giants … will become the first Major League team to use a “dynamic” pricing structure, ... of ticket services. Do the Giants really need to spend money on computer analysis of the obvious? Those [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:43:10

Contactless Payment: Try it, You'll Like It

Nine Percent of Consumers Are Using Contactless Payment and Loving It, Smart Card Alliance Reports PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., September 17, 2008–After two years of fast growth in contactless payments, the verdict is in: Once consumers try contactless, they like it! [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 13:37:00

Highlights from the Nokia Legends Q

Nokia held a little Q&A event yesterday, related to the Nokia Legends site but mainly having to do with a few of Nokia's upcoming innovations ... , starting in 2004. About NFC : - Near Field Communication – in short NFC - is a short-range [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 08:52:00

Illegal Baby part 2: I fought the law and the law won

Illegal Baby part 2: I fought the law and the law won Posted Sunday, October 05, 2008 4: ... "Z". 1) Apply for passports (Z is a dual citizen so there are two passports). 2) Apply for a visa ... to do this because we hadn't applied for the passports right away. We were, as you might expect, a bit overwhelmed [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 05:41:34

Stewart Stand Textured Checkered Stainless Steel Driving Wallet with ID Window

... t know, stainless steel is the most commonly used woven mesh in the industrial world and is used ... appreciate the diverse attributes of these wallets - Industrial/blue collar Textile innovation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 15:28:07

NFC, a new mode of communication and attraction

NFC (Near Field Communication) is a way of wireless short-range derivative of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) ... framework and gradually complete specifications, including communication protocols between SIM card and NFC [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 05:14:01

FCW.COM - More than 380,000 passport cards issued

FCW.COM More than 380,000 passport cards issued By Alice Lipowicz Published on August 28, 2008 More than 380, ... of the card holder. The RFID technology has been controversial because of the potential loss of privacy from unauthorized reading of the RFID tags. “These insecure chips, containing traveler data [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 22:21:00

Sheetz, Wright Express Launch NFC Pilot to Field Test Mobile Payments with Fleet Vehicle Drivers

ViVOtech Enables First Real-Time Card e.Wallet for Mobile Phones South Portland, ME ... now and have been accepting contactless chip cards, using RFID technology for payments at the pump and in-store. ViVOtech [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:27:00

Electronic cash cards carried by majority of Japanese

Do you carry a contactless IC (RFID) electronic cash card? graph of japanese statistics ... ticket only; I haven’t used it as cash for at least two years. Work also allows us to use our RFID ... card or bank account. Research results Q1: Do you carry a contactless IC (RFID) electronic cash card [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 15:18:24

Fun With Identity Theft

Identity theft is no laughing matter. Unless the new identity is so patently absurd, ... of the widespread virus-starter seeking a moment of fame. Phishing and vishing “artists” too, are fading [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 19:09:35

Gift Guide Part 2: Mile High Club

For the Frequent Flyer who calculates air time in mileage, not minutes, ... calculator, voice recorder, and eight travel games. 9. The newest U.S. Passports include RFID tags [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 18:19:26

Weneo ID Smart Card: RFID Card with USB Connectivity

Weneo ID Smart Card: RFID Card with USB Connectivity ... the RFID card is compact enough to stay in your wallet, purse or pocket. Weneo ID Smart is expected ... will support your habit. SNCF, a French public transport company is deploying RFID smart cards [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 17:15:35

Proxense: Proximity Technologies

Launching this month is Bend, Oregon-based Proxense ... that makes Giobbi’s technology different from existing RFID, or radio frequency identification, technology [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 14:24:00

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