[LINK] Engadget: German hackers clone RFID e-passports

[Adam Todd]

Ahh so the key is to copy another RFID tag and always keep it in your 
passport so that the reader baulks when it gets back a doubled signal.

Bit like having two FM transmitters operational on the same frquency at the 
same time :)

At 08:45 PM 4/08/2006, Kim Holburn wrote:
>It's really not a big story.   You can read the rfid tag which after
>all you have to be able to do for it to be of any use any way.  You
>can create a copy.  Well yeah.  If you put a copy near your passport
>the passport reader will get confused.
>
>But the guts of it is, that the information is encrypted so you can't
>actually alter any of it, you can only copy.
>
>More on it here with some nice links to tinfoil wallets though:
>http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71521-2.html
>
>Of course there's the danger of explosions:
>Blackhat 2006: Explosive risks in RFID-enabled passports
>http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/03/blackhat2006_rfid_passport_bomb/
>
>On 2006 Aug 04, at 7:52 PM, Paul B wrote:
>
>>http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/03/german-hackers-clone-rfid-e- passports/
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