Drive-by RFID Sniffing a Reality
Here’s a disturbing little story from CBC’s Search Engine blog. With an outlay of about $200 in equipment to attach to your laptop, it’s possible to drive around scanning RFID tags right out of the wallets of passers-by. For those of you unfamiliar with RFID, I wrote an earlier post about the topic in relation to the upcoming “Enhanced” Driver’s Licenses in Ontario.
Due to its ability to broadcast RFID in your wallet actually places you at an increased risk of identity theft. I haven’t seen any examples with regard to the ones in the new credit cards, but I’m sure the old adage applies. If there’s a will, there’s a way.
