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Mythbuster busts his own tale of show’s cowardly cave-in to RFID heavyweights
Adam Savage's widely circulated YouTube video account of a pack of credit card industry giants pummeling Discovery Channel into deep-sixing a...
Read moreNSF gives University of Virginia researchers a million good reasons to improve RFID security, privacy
The National Science Foundation has awarded University of Virginia researchers $1 million to make RFID technology more secure. Among concerns:...
Read moreMind your nukes: Argonne National Labs using RFID to do the trick
The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratories has figured out a way not only to use RFID to make sure...
Read moreRFID: Passport to Insecurity
While we're on the theme of governmental incompetence, I saw this piece on the fundamental insecurity of the passive RFID...
Read moreTruck Drivers Told to Keep Computing, Despite Risks
In the name of supply chain efficiency, companies continue to ask truck drivers to respond to and enter more electronic...
Read moreTwo approaches to NFC battle for French hearts and mobiles
Two competing approaches to equipping mobile phones with contactless communications capabilities vied for supporters at the Cartes exhibition in Paris...
Read moreWalmart’s RFID Plans: It’s the Privacy, Stupid
Walmart is planning to use passive RFID tags on individual items of clothing, and perhaps others products they sell, so...
Read moreSerious Mobile Security: We Need Two-Factor Authentication for Handsets
I spent some time at Interop discussing what I think is a critical requirement for mobility, hardware-based two-factor authentication. Note...
Read moreBluetooth Low Energy: It’s Not Bluetooth. It’s Better – Much Better
Ten years ago, I wrote my infamous "Bluetooth is Dead" column for Electronic Engineering Times. The reaction was overwhelmingly negative;...
Read moreForecast 2016: 5 fast-track trends to tackle now (and one to ignore)
Of all the burning questions that keep tech execs awake at night, perhaps none is more urgent than, "Are we...
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