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Visa to launch 'wave and pay' cards in UK
December 6, 2006
Visa is planning to introduce contactless 'wave and pay' debit cards to replace low-value cash transactions across the United Kingdom by the end of next year.
British RFID Passport Cracked
November 17, 2006
Three million Britons have been issued with the new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters. So why did Steve Boggan and a friendly computer expert find it so easy to break the security codes?
Budapest Declaration on Machine Readable Travel Documents
November 9, 2006
New international Machine Readable Travel Documents which dramatically decrease their security and privacy and increases risk of identity theft.
Can RFID Track People?
November 3, 2006
The RFid Gazette explains how it is possible to track employees within a company using RFID employee cards.
Code highlights e-passport eavesdropping risk
November 2, 2006
Researchers have released proof-of-concept code that creates a means to read personal details from next-generation passports outfitted with RFID chips.
The Ultimate Guide to Contactless Credit Cards
November 1, 2006
By the end of this year, the credit card industry expects that as many as 50 million credit and debit cards will be embedded with RFID chips.
RFID passports take off
October 31, 2006
Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the US to issue passports with radio tags are now doing so.
Feds Leapfrog RFID Privacy Study
October 30, 2006
Even as RFID ID cards are being produced, a study on the subject remains stalled.
