Re: RFID Driver's licenses for VA

2004-10-10 Thread Steve Furlong
On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 12:03, Major Variola (ret) wrote: When you get your driver's license, you should run a magnet over it to keep iron oxides from staining your wallet. And apparently you should now microwave it to clean those DMV-employee pathogens from it. Then it will be safe to carry,

Re: RFID Driver's licenses for VA

2004-10-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:57 PM 10/8/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: At 04:35 PM 10/7/2004, Thomas Shaddack wrote: A defense is a metal board in a wallet, close to the RFID chip's antenna. It is readable when the licence is taken out of the wallet. When inside, the antenna is quite effectively shielded. Tinfoil

Re: RFID Driver's licenses for VA

2004-10-09 Thread Bill Stewart
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Sunder wrote: So the cops and RFID h4x0rZ can know your true name from a distance. and since RFID tags, are what, $0.05 each, the terrorists and ID counterfitters will be able to make fake ones too... Whee! At 04:35 PM 10/7/2004, Thomas Shaddack wrote: A defense is a metal

Re: RFID Driver's licenses for VA

2004-10-09 Thread Riad S. Wahby
Bill Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tinfoil Wallets, anybody? :-) My wallet is a metal cigarette case. It's quite effective at blocking RFID, proxcards, c. Plus, it's chic enough that almost no one considers the paranoia aspect. -- Riad S. Wahby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFID Driver's licenses for VA

2004-10-09 Thread Thomas Shaddack
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Sunder wrote: So the cops and RFID h4x0rZ can know your true name from a distance. and since RFID tags, are what, $0.05 each, the terrorists and ID counterfitters will be able to make fake ones too... Whee! Given the power requirements for doing anything more than dumb