rfid card reader : Charge cards give way to RFID phones (blog)

Charge cards give way to RFID phones

NFC (RFID) fone Photo: Courtesy of MasterCard From my Boston Globe column this week, MasterCard says any bank can now issue computer codes, rather than cards, to consumers.–mb I usually tap my RFID-chipped Citizens Bank card against the checkout reader to streamline the transaction. Once I’ve fished the card out of my wallet [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 15:44:07

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New RFID SD Card for Mobile Market Unveiled

"RFID usage has been widely deployed in inventory tracking and supply chain management as well as some health care and security checking in consumer market. In view of the high demand, DAILY RFID, a China based leading supplier for RFID devices ... hardware change. The SD format based RFID reader is compatible with 13.56MHz RFID tag in various formats [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 03:22:02

Nabaztag's Violet debuts "Mirror" general-purpose home RFID reader

Filed under: Peripherals While we'll always know Violet for its iconic bunnies, the company is branching out into a more direct RFID application. The Mirror RFID reader is a USB-pluggable little platter that can read RFID tags and launch ... card of Vegas launching a corresponding picture on the computer (lame), a tagged toy car bringing [more...]

Date: 2008-08-30 13:10:00

Improvised RFID Blocking Wallets: Preventing PayPass Skimming

Many credit card users do not realize that they have PayPass enabled RFID credit cards in addition to the new RFID enabled US Passports ... Omnikey Cardman 5321, a USB connected RFID reader, and using Adam Laurie's RFIDIOt package. Longer ... . These RFID enabled devices are easily read at distances compatible with casual contact [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 22:30:00

Concept: Motorola Sparrow

Motorola, world’s leading cell phone manufacturer, has come up with a new concept of Motorola Sparrow, ... -functional handset: mobile point-of-service device, credit card reader, scanner, RFID (Radio-frequency identification) reader and, of course, a mobile phone. Similar Posts:Motorola Releases Q9e Motorola [more...]

Date: 2008-08-09 17:28:11

Informative Graphics Brings Role-Based Redaction

Read More... | 4062 bytes more | Score: 0) Page 1 of 125 (1243 total stories) ... 902MHz RFID UHF Paddle Reader w/Bluet · Promos Canada Offers USB Business Cards · ResellersPanel ... at Breckenridge! · About UHF RFID Reader [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 17:24:31

GAO Offers 125kHz or 13.56MHz Dual Frequency (LF or HF) RFID Reader

Toronto, Canada - GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) recommends this simple- to- use Dual Frequency RFID Reader (GAO 211004), which operates at both 125kHz and 13.56MHz enabling the user to read a wider variety of RFID cards. This advanced RFID device is primarily used for access control, system logon/logoff [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 13:55:33

Reading RFID tags - Adam Laurie's RFIDIOt and the CardMan 5321 USB reader

As I noted in my last post, Improvised RFID Blocking Wallets: Preventing PayPass Skimming, I have recently been working with an OmniKey Cardman 5321 USB RFID reader in Windows. The reader is compatible with a broad range of RFID cards (From Omnikey's website):Philips/NXP: MIFARE®, DESFire [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 01:00:00

New ‘On/Off Switch’ Secures RFID Cards

DarkReading’s Senior Editor - Kelly Jackson Higgins reports on a new advance in RFID deployments permitting the initialization of the so-called ... transmission by squeezing the card between his thumb and forefinger when it must be scanned by a reader.” ... built into a smart card during the lamination process. When compressed, it acts as an RFID signal [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 00:21:32

French Passengers may have the option for USB tickets

Riding the train is always a time consuming process of waiting to buy a ticket, then waiting in line to use the ticket ... his or her USB card, the fare will be deducted from it via RFID reader or from an attendant ... , what do you do with the guy who says: “I paid for it, I did. I don’t know why your RFID reader isn’t reading it.” I guess [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 17:41:10

Panasonic Toughbook H1: A Boon for Healthcare Professionals

Panasonic has introduced the most advanced Mobile Clinical Assistant or MCA for healthcare professionals ... 802.11a/b/g/draft-n, RFID reader, 2.0 mega pixel auto-focus camera with dual LED lights, a barcode reader, contactless smart card reader and fingerprint reader. It also complies with the MIL-STD-810F [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 13:31:54

List of mobile services and limitations

I believe that mobile is one of the most revolutionary thing happened in our lifetime ... - paper/photo, OCR - Barcode Reader Object Location Identification - RFID Dictionary/Encyclopedia ... /smart card) for uses such as parking lot fee, AVM, Pay any merchant such as autowala E-Books Teaching [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 07:03:39

Visa/Mastercard PayPass: A New Opportunity for Credit Theft…

***UPDATE: Mythbusters gagged by credit card companies from airing show describing how easily hackable RFID is - click here for video*** Opening a ... a transaction without signing a receipt, simply by swiping the card near a PayPass reader. Since the PayPass reader doesn’t require physical contact, I realized the card must transmit the cardholder’s [more...]

Date: 2008-08-09 11:05:27

French public transport using USB drives as tickets

... be deducted from the card by an RFID reader or an attendant with a handheld device. They’ll have to see ... company SNCF is getting 1,000 customers to help it test an RFID-enabled smart card that doubles [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 02:09:39

Links for 8th August 2008

Stross on the difference between US and UK sf; emergent AI in canine form; ePassports hacked like a cheap padlock; ... his own software, a publicly available programming code, a £40 card reader and two £10 RFID chips ... Can and Will Be Hacked. Tagged with: UK • passport • cloning • identity • theft • RFID • hack • cryptography • biometric [more...]

Date: 2008-08-09 00:00:22

Sept. Scientific American: Dude, Where's My Privacy?

keyfob Gizmodo.com A new generation of RFID-enabled credit cards, like this Mastercard Paypass keyfob from Citibank, ... of privacy, to RFID chips that can track more than inventory. Here's an RFID chip reader used ... stranger than fiction in How RFID Tags Could Be Used [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 17:18:58

Geekdad invents the best Lego Sumobots ever

This is what the ill-fated Lego Spybotics should have been. Master Lego Mindstorms builder (and geek dad) ... RFID sensor, he's created cards with pre-programmed attack and defense moves on them. The kids just decide which cards they want to use, pass them over the RFID reader on each bot, and they're ready [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 19:50:03

News 2008.07.21 Late Edition

iSuppli Webinar Reveals Truth About MEMS Just how fast is the MEMS industry really growing? ... Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) introduced a 13-W Power over Ethernet (PoE) powered device controller ... , including IP phones, IP security cameras, wireless access points, security card readers and RFID scanners [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 23:24:53

Sunny Side Up (14/365)

This wallet actually has a story to tell! ... called an "Oyster" card which is essentially an RFID enabled card that we use to pay out travel fares and whatnot (so basically you put the card near a reader and *beep*, it takes your money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:15:30

First Data’s GO-Tags — the first step toward mobile commerce?

The mobile industry has been WOEFULLY inept at dealing with mobile commerce. Appalling. There’s a heck of a lot of hesitation going on ... . THAT would be excellent. First Data have published a white paper about this — Contactless ... card (the RFID card system used for the London Underground train service). Swipe at a reader [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 14:32:49

RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need

RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need Radio Frequency Identification tags are everywhere. Inside these tiny tags is a predetermined code which can be read by an RFID reader. These are used in credit cards, badges, pet tracking just to name a few. Some people feel they create too muc… [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 02:23:22

Why am I not surprised?

Most of you will be aware of the 3,000 blank Passports that were stolen last week (see here for the BBC News account) ... software, a publicly available programming code, a £40 card reader and two £10 RFID chips, Mr van Beek [more...]

Date: 2008-08-09 08:08:00

RFID Tutorial - Everything You Need

Date: 2008-09-10 02:23:22

How Do Radio Tagged Cards Work?

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems have three components: a small silicon microchip attached to an antenna; a reader and a computer database. The RFID tags themselves can be as small as half a millimeter square, the size of a tiny seed. Some are thin enough to be embedded in paper. Most tags today [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 15:54:58

News 11/5/08

From The PACS Designer: "Re: Skyfire. If you want the PC look for HIStalk and also TV viewing on your cell phone, check out the demo from Skyfire, ... battery life and featuring RFID and bar code readers, a 2-megapixel camera, a smart card reader [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 00:49:46

Free biometric time and attendance software

Is your organization still using the old time clock to track employee’s attendance? ... Finger Print Devices - scans the fingerprint of the employee Proximity Card Reader (RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 12:22:08

RFID TUTORIAL - EVERYTHING YOU NEED

Radio Frequency Identification tags are everywhere. Inside these tiny tags is a predetermined code which can be read by an RFID reader. These are used in credit cards, badges, pet tracking [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 22:37:04

Prevention Measures and Instructions for Identity Theft

by Landon McGehee The theft of names, addresses, social security numbers (SSN) ... frequency identification (RFID) reader gathers information ... , bank account information, credit card numbers and other personal information, commonly known [more...]

Date: 2008-07-20 05:20:00

Prevention Measures and Instructions for Identity Theft

Date: 2008-07-19 21:12:00

Prevention Measures and Instructions for Identity Theft

Date: 2008-07-19 20:56:04

Prevention Measures and Instructions for Identity Theft

Date: 2008-07-19 21:09:33

Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1 rugged UMPC official specs, price confirmed

As expected, Panasonic have released spec details for its upcoming Toughbook UMPC, the CF-U1. Based around a daylight-viewable 5 ... , barcode or RFID readers and, later in the year, a magnetic stripe reader and serial/ethernet ... s 5100-Series WiFi card, offering a, g and draft-n, together with standard Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. There’ [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 18:24:14

RFID News Roundup

RFID News Roundup Turkey's GarantiBank issues contactless credit card; Idesco unveils EPC Gen 2 reader with long read range; ... Effectiveness for Tracking IT Assets The company scientifically tested seven EPC Gen 2 RFID tags suitable for IT asset tracking, and analyzed five use cases, including employing the technology to manage [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 19:04:26

The Future is Near (Field Communications)

Many young people think their phone is more essential than their wallet (so do we). Maybe that’s because they are replacing them altogether ... /president of Vivotech, Santa Clara, CA. RFID contactless readers are becoming more and more pervasive, and you may have tapped them with your bank card in drug stores, fast food chains, gas stations, even [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 21:38:47

CONSUMER WATCH (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

How much info's on your RFID cards? It can happen undetected in an instant ... with a compatible reader device can skim information about you that's stored on the chip-embedded credit cards [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 05:20:51

short introduction on RFID technology.

Here is a short introduction on RFID technology. You will discover the fundamental concepts and the various components of this fascinating ... is received from a reader Type of tags : RFID Tag also called a transponder is a device attached ... - not at the SKU) Can operate in harsh environment Access card : equipped with HF (High frequency) passive RF [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 11:14:24

Japan '08: Washinomiya Shrine

On our first full day in Japan, we decided to visit Washinomiya Jinja, a Shinto shrine in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, ... at a vending machine. You don't even have to take the card out; it has an RFID chip that generally works if you nonchalantly wave your wallet over the reader. Probably the most important single piece [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 22:07:00

Robot Collects Dues

Japan is clearly miles ahead of everyone when it comes to electronic payment, with payment being made not via credit cards or cash, relying on e-money instead thanks to the versatile FeliCa RFID readers which are able to support ... games gizmo pc gadget reviews iphone toys video games gadget reviews [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 23:36:24

Mir:ror reader harnesses RFID tech to create interactive object reality

mirror204.jpg Now that biometric and RFID chips are set to be embedded in all of our Orwellian state ID cards, you might as well put the technology to good personal use with the Mir:ror device and Ztamps from France-based Violet. Simply attach the preprogrammed RFID enabled Ztamps to any number of objects [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 03:41:42

Researchers show how to crack popular smart cards

Researchers have published a cryptographic algorithm and source code that could be used to duplicate smart cards used by several major transit ... the workings of the chip by analyzing communication between the chip and the reader. An RFID-compatible device ... . Their presentations show how to circumvent the security mechanism of NXP Semiconductor's [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 11:49:49

The Implanted Radio-Frequency Identification Chip: “Smart Cards” in a Surveillance Society

Dandelion Salad by Tom Burghardt Global Research, September 6, ... when a RFID reader emits a radio signal. The chips are divided into two categories, passive or active. A “ ... 2008Antifascist Calling… RFID tags implanted in physical objects or human beings If incorporating [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 17:29:50

Do you Poken?

Say hi to the Poken, a cutesy RFID reader, available in Voodoo, Bee, Alien or Panda form ... of each social network you choose is displayed as a link on your Poken Card, which shows only your most basic information. Your contacts can view your Poken Card on doyoupoken.com, but, if they want to see [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 15:04:14

NCR Demos New Express Entertainment DVD Kiosk

Jola Moss, marketing director of NCR, did a demo of NCR’s new kiosk at a recent trade show ... it at actual retail locations. The card reader also looks quite susceptible to phishing attacks like we saw early this year at Redbox. The system uses RFID to track the discs, which means no barcode [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 14:44:20

"Long-Range" RFID readers being used at border crossings

Agents along the Canada and Mexico borders are using a controversial new machine that can "read" the personal information contained in some government-issued ID cards — such as passports ... the personal information off the ID cards remotely. "There's this strange rush to a fancy or shiny new [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 02:10:28

News 2008.09.04 Late Edition

Peratech Creates QTC Switch Technology for Contactless RFID Security Contactless RFID is well established for access control for buildings; simply wave your pass near the reader and the door opens. This technology is now being rolled out in the UK and around the World for so called 'BioMetric passports' and credit cards because [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 23:33:33

The most interesting security hacks and tools in 2008

Even for seasoned IT professionals, the constantly shifting field can be befuddling. In case you missed it earlier, I highlight some of the most interesting hacks of 2008 for your attention. ———————————————————————————————— WPA packet injection now possible German Security researcher Erik Tews and co-researcher Martin Beck have found a way to [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 09:00:08

Get an exclusive identity at Geek Terminal Singapore - Singapore’s Premier Business Lounge in the Heart of the CBDwith FREE Hi - SPEED wifi and FREE ... Terminal gave themselves 3 criteria to meet;a. The members must not carry another card. Everyone knows ... to carry another card or anything extra to what they already have for that matter.b. Without a car [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 13:38:54

RFID needs to get real

Blue and Purple RFID Tag (midnightcomm via Flickr) RFID World 2008. Several days of discussion panels, demonstrations and hands-on workshops ... object to place in their vehicle. The system employs RFID readers in toll lanes which read the unique tag ... killer app” for RFID Systems, I am surprised that there seems to be no coherent focus on demand chain [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 21:31:09

RFID needs to get real

Date: 2008-09-12 17:19:15

Insecure by design

Despite the availability of robust and secure solutions, organizations persist in implementing insecure design in a bid to save on cost ... Nate Lawson was concerned about the privacy implications of the popular RFID-based FasTrak toll tags ... of the card is kept in backend servers, this in fact exacerbates the plight of victims. Hackers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 09:00:36

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