Wednesday, 5. August 2009

Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online Feds at DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned


It’s one of the most hostile hacker environments in the country –- the DefCon hacker conference held every summer in Las Vegas.

But despite the fact that attendees know they should take precautions to protect their data, federal agents at the conference got a scare on Friday when they were told they might have been caught in the sights of an RFID reader.

wired.com