Originally Posted by Ea of Dune

I've just read a report from the Black Hat security conference in Washington DC.
There was a section devoted to discussing the effect that RFID chips will have on security etc. as you may be aware the US has already started using them in passports and I believe most of the Euro banknotes contain them, as will the proposed ID cards.

One of the gentlemen at the show, showed how easy it was to write a script that could be used in conjunction with a RFID chip reader (these are cheap to buy, and the code can be downloaded for free) to copy the details from an RFID chip which was contained inside a wallet. The potential for abuse is very obvious. He then went on to show how you can write over the chip, and gave an example of swapping the RFID chip content to that of a pet dog.

Do I trust this government to stick all of my details on an RFID chip..... NO!

Ea of dune