RFID In Cars Update: Texas Senate Approves Bill
from the how-stuff-works dept
Bob Dole writes "Apparently, after news of the plan to mandate RFID chips in all Texas cars hit the net, the state representative who introduced the bill was so swamped with complaints that he decided to drop the RFID provision. Ah, we can relax now, right? Wrong. On Tuesday, the state Senate actually passed the bill that creates an auto insurance verification database unanimously. The Senate version leaves the details of how to enforce it up to the state police and transportation department, as long as the program is 'cost-effective.' I'm sure it's just a coincidence that the House sponsor has one of the biggest RFID chip makers, Texas Instruments, located right next to his district. "
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RFID
that's really scary to think about, but easily within simple technology right now.
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Reality Check
Basically the TI DST system is flawed. It allows someone with specialized computing resource to read and spoof a tag. The current generation of tags will not be used for this type of system. To place a Class-1 Generation 2 tag in a security instance is a poor choice (I say that, but the truth is that you don't need much security if your guarding bubble gum).
Get a clue, get an education, and write about things you know about. This is a topic better left to informed individuals!
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