I'm curious about one thing: If you walk through a Starbucks with a RFID reader in your pocket, and it uploads the names and card numbers of everyone in the room to your phone or handheld computer, have you committed a crime? Or would you have to actually use those numbers or steal someone's identity to break the law?
I can imagine a myriad of uses for a device to identify everyone who passes me on the street by name, some of them benign and theatrical, some of them malevolent.
People are stupid.. the end
davelantor 1 year ago
Hammacher Schlemmer sells a REALLY nice stainless steel wallet for $90.
jshaw6000 2 years ago
The irony is that theres widely available challenge-response technology that would prevent this kind of fraud.
cypheranarchist 2 years ago
I'm curious about one thing: If you walk through a Starbucks with a RFID reader in your pocket, and it uploads the names and card numbers of everyone in the room to your phone or handheld computer, have you committed a crime? Or would you have to actually use those numbers or steal someone's identity to break the law?
I can imagine a myriad of uses for a device to identify everyone who passes me on the street by name, some of them benign and theatrical, some of them malevolent.
EvanRoseman 3 years ago