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Call Kurtis: Hacking Into Secure Buildings


Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Kurtis Ming, CBS 13 Sacramento

Radio technology stops shoplifters - tracks merchandise, follows livestock and even tells you how bad traffic is. All through tiny radio transmitters called radio frequency identifiers, or RFID. All these devices transmit signals to receivers, like at the Fastrak toll booths.

“That means someone in state government knows where they’ve been, where they’ve gone know how long it took them to get there, and knows their movement through the bay area,” says Senator Joe Simitian, (D) Palo Alto.

Full story on CBS 13 website