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Security Electronics

RFID cards could turn into a global security mess after discovery of hardware backdoor

WTF?! Chinese-made chips used in popular contactless cards contain hardware backdoors that are easy to exploit. These chips are compatible with the proprietary Mifare protocol developed by Philips spin-off NXP Semiconductors and are inherently "intrinsically broken," regardless of the card's brand.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, August 26, 2024, 3:16 PM 30 comments

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Science Security

MIT's minuscule terahertz RFID tag foils counterfeiters with metallic glue

System authenticates articles with better than 99 percent accuracy

By Cal Jeffrey, February 20, 2024, 6:16 PM

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Italian cheesemakers chip their parmesan to combat the $2 billion counterfeiting industry

If it's not made in northern Italy, then it's not real parm

By Cal Jeffrey, August 22, 2023, 1:56 PM 7 comments

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Stop & Shop's pilot program brings the grocery store to your door

The 414-store chain starts testing in Boston this spring

By Cal Jeffrey, January 17, 2019, 6:16 AM

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News Around the Web AI

Weekend tech reading: Six 3D printers tested, Assange 'arbitrarily detained', MIT's hack-proof RFID

By Matthew DeCarlo, February 7, 2016, 12:00 PM

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Mobile Electronics

Compressing graphene-laden ink increases its conductivity by more than 50 times

By Shawn Knight, May 19, 2015, 12:45 PM

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Walt Disney World to enable mobile payments via Apple Pay, Google Wallet this week

By Shawn Knight, December 22, 2014, 12:54 PM

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Mobile Industry

Plastc all-in-one supercard makes Coin look very dated

By Shawn Knight, October 7, 2014, 5:30 PM 9 comments

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Tiny ant-sized radio developed by Stanford engineers

By Tim Schiesser, September 12, 2014, 11:30 AM 7 comments

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Airbus Bag2Go smart luggage packs mobile radio, GPS and RFID

By Shawn Knight, June 7, 2013, 3:30 PM

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Gaming Industry

Sony applies for RFID DRM patent that would block used games

By Matthew DeCarlo, January 3, 2013, 7:00 PM 35 comments

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On/off switch for contactless credit cards eliminates virtual pickpocketing

By Shawn Knight, February 22, 2012, 12:00 PM