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]]> By: Damian Gerow http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-51875 Damian Gerow Tue, 09 May 2006 04:28:39 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/#comment-51875 <p>A device to zap RFID tags has been fashioned out of a disposable camera, by replacing the flash with a coil of wire. See for more details. They have been talking about putting the details online for some time now.</p> A device to zap RFID tags has been fashioned out of a disposable camera, by replacing the flash with a coil of wire. See for more details. They have been talking about putting the details online for some time now.

]]> By: Damian Gerow http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-33343 Damian Gerow Tue, 09 May 2006 03:28:39 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/#comment-33343 <p>A device to zap RFID tags has been fashioned out of a disposable camera, by replacing the flash with a coil of wire. See for more details. They have been talking about putting the details online for some time now.</p> A device to zap RFID tags has been fashioned out of a disposable camera, by replacing the flash with a coil of wire. See for more details. They have been talking about putting the details online for some time now.

]]> By: Ed Felten http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-51874 Ed Felten Mon, 08 May 2006 21:01:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/#comment-51874 <p>RFID chips were designed with one set of uses in mind, but they are actually implemented in ways that allow other (mis)uses as well. There's a small scholarly literature on these sorts of RFID problems. For example, David Molnar has a paper (with colleagues) about the library attacks, and there are several papers about e-passport issues.<br><br>There is some silly RFID panic out there; but these sorts of technical problems are real.<br><br>The cookie bit is hard to follow, even to techies like me. I think it's meant as an analogy, and what is really going on is that the guy can write information onto the RFID tag and then use various monitoring and reporting functions of the RFID-using system to figure out where the tag went. For example, maybe he can get the EZ-Pass system to report to him where a car went (instead of, or in addition to, reporting that information to the owner of the car). That sort of attack is probably possible.</p> RFID chips were designed with one set of uses in mind, but they are actually implemented in ways that allow other (mis)uses as well. There’s a small scholarly literature on these sorts of RFID problems. For example, David Molnar has a paper (with colleagues) about the library attacks, and there are several papers about e-passport issues.

There is some silly RFID panic out there; but these sorts of technical problems are real.

The cookie bit is hard to follow, even to techies like me. I think it’s meant as an analogy, and what is really going on is that the guy can write information onto the RFID tag and then use various monitoring and reporting functions of the RFID-using system to figure out where the tag went. For example, maybe he can get the EZ-Pass system to report to him where a car went (instead of, or in addition to, reporting that information to the owner of the car). That sort of attack is probably possible.

]]> By: Ed Felten http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-33342 Ed Felten Mon, 08 May 2006 20:01:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/#comment-33342 <p>RFID chips were designed with one set of uses in mind, but they are actually implemented in ways that allow other (mis)uses as well. There's a small scholarly literature on these sorts of RFID problems. For example, David Molnar has a paper (with colleagues) about the library attacks, and there are several papers about e-passport issues.</p> <p>There is some silly RFID panic out there; but these sorts of technical problems are real.</p> <p>The cookie bit is hard to follow, even to techies like me. I think it's meant as an analogy, and what is really going on is that the guy can write information onto the RFID tag and then use various monitoring and reporting functions of the RFID-using system to figure out where the tag went. For example, maybe he can get the EZ-Pass system to report to him where a car went (instead of, or in addition to, reporting that information to the owner of the car). That sort of attack is probably possible.</p> RFID chips were designed with one set of uses in mind, but they are actually implemented in ways that allow other (mis)uses as well. There’s a small scholarly literature on these sorts of RFID problems. For example, David Molnar has a paper (with colleagues) about the library attacks, and there are several papers about e-passport issues.

There is some silly RFID panic out there; but these sorts of technical problems are real.

The cookie bit is hard to follow, even to techies like me. I think it’s meant as an analogy, and what is really going on is that the guy can write information onto the RFID tag and then use various monitoring and reporting functions of the RFID-using system to figure out where the tag went. For example, maybe he can get the EZ-Pass system to report to him where a car went (instead of, or in addition to, reporting that information to the owner of the car). That sort of attack is probably possible.

]]> By: Jerry Brito http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-51873 Jerry Brito Mon, 08 May 2006 19:42:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/#comment-51873 <p>I'm not sure exactly how they work, but there are tag-killing devices that zap them and deactivate them. There has been proposed legislation in a couple of states, including California, that would require all retailers to zap tags before they left the store. If tags replace UPC codes on all goods, imagine what such a mandate would do to small mom-and-pop stores and bodegas.</p> I’m not sure exactly how they work, but there are tag-killing devices that zap them and deactivate them. There has been proposed legislation in a couple of states, including California, that would require all retailers to zap tags before they left the store. If tags replace UPC codes on all goods, imagine what such a mandate would do to small mom-and-pop stores and bodegas.

]]> By: Jerry Brito http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-33341 Jerry Brito Mon, 08 May 2006 18:42:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/#comment-33341 <p>I'm not sure exactly how they work, but there are tag-killing devices that zap them and deactivate them. There has been proposed legislation in a couple of states, including California, that would require all retailers to zap tags before they left the store. If tags replace UPC codes on all goods, imagine what such a mandate would do to small mom-and-pop stores and bodegas.</p> I’m not sure exactly how they work, but there are tag-killing devices that zap them and deactivate them. There has been proposed legislation in a couple of states, including California, that would require all retailers to zap tags before they left the store. If tags replace UPC codes on all goods, imagine what such a mandate would do to small mom-and-pop stores and bodegas.

]]> By: eric http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-51872 eric Mon, 08 May 2006 18:36:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/#comment-51872 <p>Is there any practical way to easily disable the tags? An electromagnetic pulse from a coil in close proximity to the tag, perhaps?</p> Is there any practical way to easily disable the tags? An electromagnetic pulse from a coil in close proximity to the tag, perhaps?

]]> By: eric http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-33340 eric Mon, 08 May 2006 17:36:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/08/the-rfid-cookie-monster/#comment-33340 <p>Is there any practical way to easily disable the tags? An electromagnetic pulse from a coil in close proximity to the tag, perhaps?</p> Is there any practical way to easily disable the tags? An electromagnetic pulse from a coil in close proximity to the tag, perhaps?

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