[Publib] RFID: Finked on by my garbage - another related tech glitch

[Karen Mahnk]

Reminds me of a local "technology gone bad" story:
The latest ATM theft here in FLorida was done with a stack of phone
cards. The thief spend aprox. 4 hrs deducting money from the same ATM
throughout an evening. Somehow, he had managed to manipulate the
European phone cards to withdraw money in samll increments but enough
to net over 20K .. I say he because he didn't bother ot even to cover
his face from the cameras.  LE isn't sure how he did it other than to
use the electronic strip to program  bank account info gotten
elsewhere...
`Can't wait for my garage door opener to work on the Home Depot self-pay ;-)
Karen Mahnk
Reference Librarian
Lake Park Public Library
529 Park Avenue
Lake Park, Fl., 33403
561 881-3330 Fax: 561881-3336
kmahnk at lakeparkflorida.gov
www.lakepark-fl.gov



On 9/3/06, Joe Schallan <jbsphx at cox.net> wrote:
> http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/060831_technovelgy.html
>
> The author of this piece missed the use of RFID on library
> materials, surprisingly.
>
> Government or business always has a perfectly reasonable
> explanation for intrusion, but when do their methods cross
> a line?  Would you find government surveillance of your
> garbage spooky and unsettling, even if you were told it
> was merely being done to better manage the flow of
> materials going into landfills?
>
> We want to use RFID tags to better manage the handling
> of library materials.  But with any technology the most
> pertinent questions may be What are the unintended
> consequences of its use?  and How may it be abused?
>
> --Joe Schallan
>    Phoenix
>
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