RFID Credit Card Skimming

[Thorn]

Re: RFID Credit Card Skimming

Thanks to everyone who replied. A lot of data has been collected between here, and sources like DC802 and some InfraGard lists. I'm digging through it all now, and hope to have something next week that will make the CBS News sit up and take notice, and that they might actually present in a clear, concise manner.

The results of my data mining and whatever happens with CBS, will be posted here.

Thanks again, everyone.

[TheCotMan]

Re: RFID Credit Card Skimming

Thanks to everyone who replied. A lot of data has been collected between here, and sources like DC802 and some InfraGard lists. I'm digging through it all now, and hope to have something next week that will make the CBS News sit up and take notice, and that they might actually present in a clear, concise manner.

The results of my data mining and whatever happens with CBS, will be posted here.

Thanks again, everyone.

Prediction:
They will listen to what you have to say, and choose only the "sexy" items that will make it easy to explain how these issues are important to their subscribers. Any item that can be advertised with fear-based sound-bytes will also have an advantage.

News is more about stories of entertainment-interest or shock-value to the greatest number of consumers that will buy what is advertised than information for people to be better informed on topics that "matter." In many ways, todays News is a replacement for the freak show circus acts from a hundred years ago. Some good examples would be Deaths of "celebrities" like Micheal Jackson, or Anna Nicole Smith, which became "breaking news" that monopolized air-time on networks like CNN, MS NBC, and even Fox for hours and sometimes day, while wars are being fought overseas. Even while events are unfolding in Washington DC, and elsewhere in the world, deaths of celebrities yield higher prices to commercial airtime than news that matters to the future of economics or changes to government or wars.

[Thorn]

Re: RFID Credit Card Skimming

Prediction:
They will listen to what you have to say, and choose only the "sexy" items that will make it easy to explain how these issues are important to their subscribers. Any item that can be advertised with fear-based sound-bytes will also have an advantage.

News is more about stories of entertainment-interest or shock-value to the greatest number of consumers that will buy what is advertised than information for people to be better informed on topics that "matter." In many ways, todays News is a replacement for the freak show circus acts from a hundred years ago. Some good examples would be Deaths of "celebrities" like Micheal Jackson, or Anna Nicole Smith, which became "breaking news" that monopolized air-time on networks like CNN, MS NBC, and even Fox for hours and sometimes day, while wars are being fought overseas. Even while events are unfolding in Washington DC, and elsewhere in the world, deaths of celebrities yield higher prices to commercial airtime than news that matters to the future of economics or changes to government or wars.

No doubt, Cot, no doubt.

I've already been looking at a number of the items thinking that they can probably be divided into "those things which will make 'visually interesting/entertaining' TV" and those that won't. A lot of the items like "BGP and highjacking internet networks" came from a number of different people, including yourself, will probably fall into the latter category. Is it important? Of course, but unless a huge heaping plate of FUD is put into the story ("China Can Take Over Your Internet At ANY TIME!!!"), along with exciting visuals of something people care about ("Red Army Hackers" bringing down Facebook, whilst a Mao-ish looking Red Army general looks on), I don't see some of this making the evening news.

However, I'm hopeful that some of small part of this might make some sort of impact.

[wizardai]

Re: RFID Credit Card Skimming

I know one thing that will make big news, which is 2nding what someone else touched on: portable devices with storage capabilities. Add in a mobile phone and bam! You have like 95% of the population interested.

A lot of people have phones that don't just store names & numbers, but have things such as google voice unlocked at all times. Now you have access to personal records, including any online accounts (such as banking). AND, probably more importantly, txt conversations.

I personally have been in court over the last 2 years and successfully used txt msgs to get an RO. By using other *um* methods I was also able to gain access to phone bills which did provide access. And this is only in the U.S. I hear in Europe and Asia, phones do a LOT more... and hopefully we'll get some of that functionality here some day. But even as it is now, it can be pretty dangerous.