25 August 2010

Java Card News

items from APSCA Smart Cards Business Intelligence
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ps new blogger editor sucks.. links my editor did w macros are now broken..  dont upgrade from classic



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"This badass looking weapon won't hurt a fly - but it will kill any RFID tag you point it at. The Rfiddler gun can be aimed at unsuspecting RFID tags and destroy their data by simply overloading the tags with a very strong electromagnetic field." 
technabob
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New Oyster cards will use MiFare DesFire chips by NXP semiconductors. The previous chipset, MiFare Classic, is in the process of being phased out. The MiFare Classic chipset has suffered a number of cryptographic cracks by security researchers. [2007 keys were 48 bits only, attackers shaved the chips?]

"TfL began the phased replacement of MiFare [Classic] Oyster cards last year and London Underground ticket offices continue to gradually swap existing cards.. 
zdnet
.zdnet court-rules-university-can-publish-oyster-crack
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Will you be able to swipe your iPhone 5 like an Oyster card?
Apple has hired a chap called Benjamin Vigier who works in near-field communication (NFC),.. wireless data from chips within devices such as the Tube's Oyster cards to payment terminals ..

Apple has already built NFC-enabled prototype iPhones.. Nokia has already trialled NFC in the UK with the Nokia 6215.
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Octopus was way off track, says sorry MTRC boss
Tony Liaw  Friday, August 13, 2010
MTR Corp has apologized again for the privacy scandal involving Octopus Cards, which made HK$44 million from the sale of private data.
MTRC chief executive Chow Chung-kong vowed the smart card operator will never again sell any personal information.....the CEO resigned .. who would have thought Communist Hong Kong would be so sensitive about privacy?
.thestandard.com.hk
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: ATMs with touch-points.:
KUALA LUMPUR, August 19 (Bernama) -- CIMB Bank, the commercial banking arm of CIMB Group, announced the waiver of Touch 'n Go reload charge at its automated teller machines (ATMs) nationwide effective Friday. expand »

The service is available 24 hours, seven days a week and at all the bank's ATMs with Touch 'n Go touch-points.

bernama

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