Malaysia To Introduce RFID Tracking For Every Vehicle
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong? dept
Here on Techdirt, nationwide tracking schemes tend to raise a red flag. In Malaysia, by contrast, there seem to be no such worries, as ambitious plans to introduce RFID tagging for all vehicles, reported by The Sun Daily, indicate:
A new vehicle security tracking system suitable for all types of vehicles -- the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) -- will be implemented nationwide by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) by 2018.
According to the article, there are plenty of advantages of doing so:
This new system will enable the police and other authorities to effectively track down criminals
And:
the RFID technology will herald a new era for vehicle security in Malaysia and it could be the answer to combat vehicle theft and cloned vehicle syndicates.
Moreover:
the RFID can also be used to provide real-time monitoring on road traffic situation.
And if you're worried that ne'er-do-wells might seek to avoid being tracked simply by ripping off said RFID tags, fear not, Malaysia has that covered:
theSun understands that the RFID tag is designed to shatter should any one attempt to tamper with it and can transmit a warning to the JPJ and police, should any one try to remove the sticker.
Sounds pretty foolproof. So why aren't other countries rushing to adopt this approach?
Interestingly, RFID technology has been criticised in many countries for its effectiveness to track vehicles movement and citizens. It has been widely accused for invasion of privacy in Belgium, Italy, UK and US.
I just can't imagine why.
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Two different problems: profiting from stolen cars, and preserving individual freedoms.
Once the non-destructive removal of tags is sorted, the first becomes easy. For the second, just add in consumers swapping loyalty cards. "I am Spartacus." "No, I am Spartacus!"
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The only caveat is that you cannot use the radio, but it would be worth it to avoid government tracking.
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And even active RFID can be self-powered by the motion of the vehicle.
For example: http://www.cnet.com/news/ampy-motion-powered-backup-battery-stores-kinetic-energy/
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http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-blockkill-RFID-chips/
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I dispute this. I Googled "vehicle tracking in the UK" and got page after page of ads. Not a damn thing about widespread accusations of invasions of privacy. Thinking this was Google at it's finest, I checked out DuckDuckGo and got the same.
Whilst vehicle tracking sucks whether by state actors, businesses or by jilted (ex)partners, it seems to be a thriving industry.
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"Interestingly, RFID technology has been criticised in many countries for its effectiveness to track vehicles movement and citizens."
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I'd bet all of those offerings were voluntary applications. The article is about an involuntary application.
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You would not be able to use the radio, but they would not loniger be able to track you.
Virtually all GPS/RFID tracking devices will be wired this way. This beats GPS or 2G/3G/4G jamming, as pulling out the radio fuse to shut down a tracking device does not break any laws anywhere around the world.
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This is why mileage tax will never work. Someone who wants to avoid it can pull out the "accessory" fuse, aka the radio fuse, and the GPS tracking device will not get any power.
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Granted it's a different technology, but London's congestion charging scheme is quite effective. It uses ANPR cameras which are damn near everywhere in the UK. If UK Gov. wanted to introduce a milage tax it wouldn't be much of a stretch.
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Not even close - they are very common on major roads and in city centres - but there are many miles of country roads where you won't see one.
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You're naive. If you don't show up on the system like a good little trackable object, you'll be assumed to be guilty and charged the max.
The only way to win is not to play.
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You could, though, just weld a faraday cage around it, if you knew where it was. Except that you can't as it's going to be in the registration sticker on your windscreen.
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You could probably jam them with an active signal though.
Also, reading millions of passive RFIDS by satellite just doesn't seem credible to me.
The UK has just junked the licence disc and now relies on ANPR to detect unlicensed vehicles so it seems the decision has been made to use ANPR and not RFiD
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This is interesting development in passive RFID tech - do you have technical specs on this modern day marvel?
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I, however, am going to invest in sunblock or something because I don't want to be cooked.
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2 Things about RFID:
- Criminals will learn to disable the RFID tags. Or worse, to spoof them and nail others with the crime.
- RFID tags can be used against normal people. Now you got a trail that you can use against anyone, like, you know, against someone you want to hijack. Or blackmail.
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And this is why this RFID scheme is a bit like putting government-sponsored backdoors in encryption. All it takes is one person bypassing/spoofing the system, and the whole scheme collapses. If you can't trust one tag, you can't trust any of them.
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Generally, yes. It requires special equipment (that is readily available), but if you have that, then cloning is simple.
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Only peons need apply
No no, tracking citizens is fine, but tracking those that supposedly serve the citizens? That's completely out of the question.
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One aspect that was being looked at was the ongoing maintenance of each vehicle. At the time, the logging of vehicle information was being performed manually and there were considerable problems in maintaining this information accurately. My part in all of this was providing some technical information for the storage of the information collected.
The RFID's were to be unpowered and to be located in various random places on the vehicle to prevent removal by unauthorised individuals. The suggestion made at the time was that there be a number of RFID tags on each vehicle.
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Put it the microwave, no need to turn on the microwave.
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absolute fucking bull shit! we all know, just as they know in Malaysia, this will be another 'Big Brother' tactic designed to keep track of all ordinary, innocent civilians! criminals will get over this the same as they get over any and every other type of government spying. keeping tabs on ordinary people is far easier and far more desirable than anyone else. knowing when people are getting together for protests, for example, and where the protests are going to occur, gives the security forces the ability to prepare in advance to crush, and that's meant literally, any opposition to any and all government plans!
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Not what it sounds like?
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On the other hand putting RFID tags on a car in Malaysia would be a good idea as the only people whose cars never get ripped off are the crooks' who do the ripping off.
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RFID vs. License Plate Scanners
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/08/cops-decide-to-collect-less-license-plate-data-after -80gb-drive-got-full/
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Achieves the same thing as automated liscense plate readers
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Dogs don't use RFID
Anyone who has owned a dog knows that your dog knows when you car approaches the house within a block or two. That must mean that each car has a unique audio print that doesn't vary much. Perhaps it is a combination of the car and how the driver operates the car. In other words, not just the sound the car and motor make, but the pattern over a couple of minutes as you approach your own home.
Anyhow. Seems like using an audioprint as a second factor to identify a specific vehicle might be a good idea.
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A new gadget for the police to abuse it's power!
The true criminals are the police. They want to do anything to track people like beasts to rob them with rediculous low speed limit and expensive tickets. In Canada this has become a pest, with 100 km/h (62 mph) limit on highways that nobody respect, not even police officers themselves. When you drive, you never know when you will be hit by their lidar gun. It's like a lottery to lose.
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Ability to Read GPS (RF signature) Remotely
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east mesa az found track device in car
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just buy RFID sticker on http://www.asiarfid.com and use it.
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Monitoramento de criação
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