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>> tinfoil hat privacy I thought privacy concerns around RFID payment and identification were more to do with abuse by private parties, like recording, spoofin
by elipsey 8y ago
>> tinfoil hat privacy
I thought privacy concerns around RFID payment and identification were more to do with abuse by private parties, like recording, spoofing/replay attacks, or just private collection. I think I remember some emphasis in early press coverage of e-passports on the idea that they would only be scan-able when opened, (although I'm not sure if that is either true, or helpful). So I guess State Dept. was concerned enough to discuss it.
It is common knowledge that large scale industrial surveillance exists, and contributes to fraud as a side effect. In such an environment, privacy concerns about RFID in payment and govt. ID cards hardly seem so outlandish that they should be dismissed out of hand.
- snuxoll 8y ago> I thought privacy concerns around RFID payment and identification were more to do with abuse by private parties, like recording, spoofing/replay attacks, or just private collection. Those are all legitimate concerns, though ultimately a well designed solution would use NFC smartcard emulation with a properly designed applet to alleviate these issues. Unfortunately, most of the time I see people online wanting to figure out how to block RFID signals from their cards it's because they think they can be read from a distance much greater than a couple mm away from the card.