Archive 4. August 2006

Hackers Clone RFID Passports - oh, great, the blackhats have demonstrated how easy it is to clone a German passport with RFID (i.e. the RFID part of it). Result? A blank piece of paper with an RFID chip that looks like the original ID to the electronic reader.

New "Web'n'Walk" data options at T-Mobile - the bureaucratic nightmare (which still seems to be rampant at telecoms) would neigh if it could handle the application form and the 100-page instructions for filling it out ...

SLStats: Is Big Brother Watch-ing? - we all have nothing to hide, even in virtual worlds. It's strange somehow, how willingly people give out data, even if it's other people's data, or very personal data.

The scientist whom history forgot - Emilie du Châtelet.

When did we forget our dreams?