[XCSSA] OT: renew passports NOW before RFID

xcssa@xcssa.org xcssa@xcssa.org
Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:07:34 -0500


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I suppose I could guess who Bruce Schneier is but who is noone?

Peace

xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/09/renew_your_pass.html
> 
> Any bets how long it takes terrorists and foreign security services to
> learn how to interrogate RFIDs to determine who is a target and who
> isn't?  Remember that hotel security staff is often on the payroll of
> the local security services, and that terrorists have often performed
> kidnappings and such while disguised as police or security agents.
> 
> Kidnapping is a very lucrative business, especially when the targets
> are rich Americans.  And I don't need to tell you that in many cases
> criminal syndicates have infiltrated the government (think: Brazil,
> Columbia, the 'stans, etc.)
> 
> Any guesses how they get the badges, uniforms and cars?  I have
> read stories by kidnap victims in Iraq who say the police cheered and
> all but gave the thumbs-up signs to terrorists who had abducted them
> as they pass through police checkpoints.

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