A while back I put up an article about some concerns I have with NFC implementations.
Just the other day there was a big hoo-hah about Google Wallet being hacked on rooted Google Phones. Now it turns out the Gnomes of Mountain View actually left a security hole big enough to drive a truck through.
This piece on Boy Genius Report goes into more detail on the mechanics of the hack.
My problem with this is “what were they thinking”?!
From looking at the video this isn’t the sort of security flaw that’s taken hundreds of hackers millions of lines of brilliantly executed computer code to discover and exploit.
I mean, really, are we supposed to trust our personal and financial security to a bunch of code-monkeys that leave security holes like this in a product?
Makes you really feel safe about that RFID chip in your passport and your credit card too.
This is a technology that requires a whole lot more thinking about.
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