>Yeah, it is inconceivable that someone could ever steal or clone an ID card. My school uses iCLASS smartcards. It's not a matter of cloning a serial number; y

>Yeah, it is inconceivable that someone could ever steal or clone an ID card. My school uses iCLASS smartcards. It's not a matter of cloning a serial number; you would need to break the RSA implementation or steal the school's private keys to produce a functioning duplicate. If you steal a card from someone who lives in a dorm, they'll know as soon as they try to enter the dorm. The card you stole will be deactivated minutes later. >"how do we keep constant tracking information from being abused in cases when the people being tracked are relatively honest?" In cases of malevolent surveillance, there's usually a reason to oppose it. Insurance companies might charge extra to customers with higher risk profiles, like those who buy cigarettes and junk food. A right-wing government might try to disadvantage those who are gay, atheist, left-leaning, anti-war, etc. A left-leaning government might try to disadvantage Christian groups, people advocating conservative policy, etc. Any malevolent actor with access to surveillance data might blackmail people who are having affairs or end careers by sharing jokes in poor taste made among friends. Etc, etc. How do you abuse door access data? What can MIT do with the fact that you entered a building at a certain time?