http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/06/12/rogers-bell-and-telus-to-launch-zoompass-mobile-payment-service/ Wireless news, views and reviews Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:44:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/06/12/rogers-bell-and-telus-to-launch-zoompass-mobile-payment-service/comment-page-1/#comment-22097 Fred Frith Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:37:18 +0000 http://www.unwiredview.com/?p=16602#comment-22097 They state that they are using NFC in the credit card and in the future NFC in a mobile phone. NFC is really RFID or Radio freqency identification. <br>It is this same technology that is being proposed for your drivers license and passport. Claims that the cards, or phones, can only be read from a short distance are also false as distance's of up to 20 meters have been accomplished with home made RFID antenna's and readers. Have a view of this one consultant and his view on RFID tags and how easy it was for him to pick out numbers by simply driving around. <br><a href="http://hackaday.com/2009/02/02/mobile-rfid-scanning/" rel="nofollow">http://hackaday.com/2009/02/02/mobile-rfid-scan...</a> <br>The latest move with RFID is to add it to your phone so you are supposed able to swipe it at say Tim Horton's for coffee payments. This could lead to all sorts of unauthorized intrusions with the potential for someone to access your mobile phone remotely or copy your credentials. This technology is not fool proof and is certainly not secure. They state that they are using NFC in the credit card and in the future NFC in a mobile phone. NFC is really RFID or Radio freqency identification.
It is this same technology that is being proposed for your drivers license and passport. Claims that the cards, or phones, can only be read from a short distance are also false as distance's of up to 20 meters have been accomplished with home made RFID antenna's and readers. Have a view of this one consultant and his view on RFID tags and how easy it was for him to pick out numbers by simply driving around.
http://hackaday.com/2009/02/02/mobile-rfid-scan...
The latest move with RFID is to add it to your phone so you are supposed able to swipe it at say Tim Horton's for coffee payments. This could lead to all sorts of unauthorized intrusions with the potential for someone to access your mobile phone remotely or copy your credentials. This technology is not fool proof and is certainly not secure.

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