Published: 2006-02-15
The information, disclosed during a panel discussion at the RSA conference in San Jose and first reported by the EE Times, is based on research Shamir has conducted over the past few weeks. Shamir suggests that market pressure by vendors to bring down the cost of RFID tags has resulted in them eliminating many of the security features available in the tags.
RFID tags are becoming more and more commonplace as vendors embed them in everything from jeans to passports and paper money - however, privacy and security issues for the tags remain widespread.
Posted by: Kelly Martin
