Begin forwarded message: From: Tom Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 8, 2006 12:28:13 PM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IP] more on Inaccurate reporting in "Gone in 60 seconds" Prof Farber: For your IP lsit if you deem it suitable: Contrary to what was stated below, RFID devices can be and are active transponders. Such a RFID device is called "Cricket" and is used as a location device for tracking goods on productiuon lines, people for location-based telephone servcies etc. Tom Gray --- David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: "Synthesis: Law and Technology" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 8, 2006 11:26:55 AM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IP] Inaccurate reporting in "Gone in 60 seconds" Dave, It goes deeper than what Jonathan reported. keyless remotes and immobilizers are not RFID devices at all. They are broadcast devices, not passive. They dont sit there waiting to be 'read'. I wonder at the rest of the article, but given what we already know to be inaccurate it seems pointless to check further Dan On 5/7/06, David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Jonathan B Spira <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: May 6, 2006 10:06:32 PM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Inaccurate reporting in "Gone in 60 seconds" Dave Fact checking certainly was out to lunch on this. The article conflates a bunch of facts and errors so it is hard to assess how real the danger is. For starters, BMW doesn't make an S5 - Beckham had two X5s stolen from him. That would normally be a minor detail except for the fact that the X5 doesn't come with Comfort Access (n.b. BMW's new 3er, 5er, 6er, and 7er all have the Comfort Access keyless system) - even though the story positions the Beckham thefts as if they were due to Comfort Access. I saw a similar article on leftlanenews.com days ago - also citing the X5 thefts as if they were due to Comfort Access - so it sounds as if this is just going to make the rounds despite faulty reporting. Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Szívélyes üdvözlet/Cordialement/ Cordiali saluti/Saludos/Vänliga hälsningar /s/ Jonathan Jonathan B. Spira CEO and Chief Analyst Basex, Inc. y [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( +1 (212) 725-2600 x113 8 http://www.basex.com David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06.05.06 19:30 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To [email protected] cc Subject [IP] : Gone in 60 seconds--the high-tech version Begin forwarded message: From: Glenn Tenney CISSM CISM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 6, 2006 7:14:23 PM EDT To: Dave Farber < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Gone in 60 seconds--the high-tech version ( for IP if you wish )
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2100-7349_3-6069287.html Gone in 60 seconds--the high-tech version By Robert Vamosi Story last modified Sat May 06 06:00:03 PDT 2006 <SNIP> Real-world examples Meet Radko Soucek, a 32-year-old car thief from the Czech Republic. He's alleged to have stolen several expensive cars in and around Prague using a laptop and a reader. Soucek is not new to auto theft--he has been stealing cars since he was 11 years old. But he recently turned high-tech when he realized how easily it could be done. Ironically, what led to his downfall was his own laptop, which held evidence of all his past encryption attempts. With a database of successful encryption strings already stored on his hard drive, he had the ability to crack cars he'd never seen before in a relatively short amount of time. And Soucek isn't an isolated example. Recently, soccer player David Beckham had not one, but two, antitheft-engineered BMW S5 SUVs stolen. The most recent theft occurred in Madrid, Spain. Police believe an auto theft gang using software instead of hardware pinched both of Beckham's BMWs. <SNIP> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at:
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