ShmooCon 2009: Chris Paget’s RFID cloning talk

When we first saw [Chris Paget]'s cloning video, our reaction was pretty 'meh'. We'd seen RFID cloning before and the Mifare crack was probably the last time RFID was actually interesting. His ShmooCon presentation, embedded above, caught us completely off-guard. It's very informative; we highly recommend it. The hardest part about selling this talk is that it has to use two overloaded words: … [Read more...]

Mobile RFID scanning

[Chris Paget] is going to be presenting at ShmooCon 2009 in Washington D.C. this week. He gave a preview of his RFID talk to The Register. The video above demos reading and logging unique IDs of random tags and Passport Cards while cruising around San Francisco. He's using a Symbol XR400 RFID reader and a Motorola AN400 patch antenna mounted inside of his car. This is industrial gear usually used … [Read more...]